Beijing reflects on emergency
By Xinhua | China Daily | Updated: 2012-07-28 07:49
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Beijing Party chief Guo Jinlong (front), acting Mayor Wang Anshun (second from left) and other city officials mourn the victims killed in the July 21 downpour in a mountainous village in Fangshan district on Friday. Many of the 77 confirmed deaths were in the district, hit hardest by the heavy rains. Rao Qiang / China News Service |
A top Beijing official said on Friday that the recent rainstorms in the capital, that resulted in at least 77 deaths, have exposed serious flaws in the city's urban planning, construction, infrastructure and emergency management procedures.
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