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Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet with Kenyan President William Ruto in Beijing on Tuesday morning.
Ruto arrived in Beijing on Monday to attend the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) to be held from Wednesday to Friday.
Xi to meet Kenyan president
China's Ministry of Water Resources activated a Level-IV flood emergency response for six provincial-level regions Sunday.
The response was launched in Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan and Guizhou.
The office of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Sunday activated a Level-IV flood emergency response for south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and sent a work team to southwest China's Chongqing Municipality to guide flood control work.
China has a four-tier emergency response system, with Level I being the most severe response.
From Sunday to Tuesday, heavy rainfall will sweep the six provincial-level regions, with parts of the areas expected to see extremely heavy rainstorms.
Water levels of multiple rivers across the regions are set to rise, with small and medium-sized rivers in rainstorm-hit areas at risk of floods exceeding warning levels. Hilly areas are also prone to mountain torrent disasters.
The ministry has issued notices to local water authorities and river basin management bodies to roll out targeted flood prevention arrangements.
China activates Level-IV flood emergency response for 6 provincial-level regions
