Risk map shows parts of nation in most danger

BEIJING - Eastern China is the most vulnerable part of the country - both economically and geologically - to the threat of natural disasters, according to a new national risk map.

"Because most eastern areas, especially the coastal regions, are fast-developing areas with large populations, the damage from a natural disaster would be heavy," said Shi Peijun, deputy director of the National Committee of Disaster Relief and the person who was in charge of drawing up the map.

The rendering shows that the eastern parts of the country have natural disasters more frequently and suffer from heavier economic losses than the central and western areas of China.