Xi urges all-out effort to protect people from flood

By HOU LIQIANG and AN BAIJIE | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2020-07-13 07:10
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The water level of a river continues to rise in Poyang county, Jiangxi province, on Saturday. [Photo/XINHUA]

Xi instructed the relevant authorities to make plans for rebuilding work and restoring normal life and production as soon as possible and to help prevent people in the flood-hit areas from falling back into poverty.

A total of 212 rivers nationwide have seen alert-triggering floods since July 4, and the water level in 19 of them has hit record highs, according to the Ministry of Water Resources.

Meanwhile, with the water level of Poyang Lake, China's largest freshwater lake, exceeding its previous record high seen in 1998, Jiangxi has activated its highest level emergency response on Saturday, and military forces are participating in local flood control efforts.

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