Local authorities in Longlin Various Nationalities Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, have intensified rescue and flood control efforts as heavy downpours continue to wreak havoc, triggering severe flooding across the region.
Kechang Township, located in the northwest of Baise City, is renowned for its unique karst landforms. Its low-lying basins, towering mountains, and underground rivers have made the area particularly vulnerable to flooding. Among the hardest-hit areas is Dongwang Village in Lianhe Village, where rising upstream water levels have caused severe flooding. The water level in some parts has reached nearly 15 meters, the equivalent of a five-story building, posing significant risks to residents and infrastructure.
Rescue teams have deployed boats and other equipment to support ongoing operations, and evacuate affected residents to safety. Authorities have also implemented contingency plans for combating geological disasters, ensuring the safe evacuation of villagers to secure locations.
As of now, a total of 71 households, comprising 203 people, have been relocated from danger zones. Residents have either found refuge with relatives and friends, or been settled in nearby safe areas, preventing further casualties amid the ongoing emergency.
All-out rescue efforts underway as heavy rains sweep Guangxi
China and Canada should work together to promote the stable, healthy and sustainable development of bilateral economic and trade relations, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng said in Beijing on Friday.
He, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks while attending the Canada-China Trade and Investment Banquet together with the visiting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Speaking at the event, He said that under the strategic guidance of the important consensus reached by their leaders, China and Canada should adhere to the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, win-win cooperation, and mutual success, and jointly promote the stable, healthy, and sustainable development of bilateral economic and trade relations.
China is steadfastly expanding high-standard opening up, continuously developing new quality productive forces, and is willing to work with countries around the world, including Canada, to create new prospects for cooperation, said He.
Carney noted at the banquet that China is Canada's second-largest trading partner and said Canada looks forward to strengthening high-level exchanges with China, making full use of dialogue mechanisms in areas such as the economy and trade, and deepening cooperation in trade, agriculture, energy and other fields.
Carney arrived in Beijing on Wednesday to begin a four-day official visit to China, marking the first trip to the country by a Canadian prime minister in eight years.
China, Canada should work together for stable, healthy, sustainable economic ties: Vice Premier
