China has established a disaster risk and hazard reporting system and built a corresponding workforce to better protect people's lives from floods and other natural disasters, an official said on Tuesday.
Speaking at a press conference in Beijing, Yang Xudong, director of the Department of Fire Prevention and Control of the Ministry of Emergency Management, briefed the media on efforts made by the central government and local authorities to improve capacities for identifying disaster risks and evacuating residents during this year's flood season.
So far this year, more than 160 typical evacuation cases have been reported nationwide, involving the successful relocation of more than 2,700 people of over 800 households and the protection of the lives and property of more than 20,000 potentially threatened people, Yang said.
"We have developed a platform integrating a WeChat mini-program, an emergency mobile application, and a computer-based management system. Nearly 700,000 reporting accounts have been created to ensure real-time updates of disaster risk and hazard information from reporting teams nationwide," Yang said.
China has established a two-way information exchange mechanism covering departments at ministerial, provincial, municipal, county, town, and village levels to facilitate both the notification of arrangements and the reporting of local information, Yang said.
Many localities have also implemented reward mechanisms to encourage the reporting of risks and hazards, he added.
China establishes reporting system to protect lives from floods
The United States cannot legitimize an operation that attacked Venezuela and captured its president, a Chinese scholar said Sunday.
On Saturday, the United States launched a large-scale strike on Venezuela, during which Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife were 'captured and flown out of Venezuela' according to a post by U.S. President Donald Trump on his Truth Social account.
Teng Jianqun, director of the Center for Diplomatic Studies at Hunan Normal University, said in an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN) that the aim of this operation is to take full control of Venezuela’s natural resources.
"I don't think the United States can legitimize this operation to take custody of the president of Venezuela. And also I don't think the United States can legitimize its any action in taking the oil reserves of that country. This is actually a very dangerous game played by the Trump administration. And of course, the United States would like to take full control of that country and to take full control of the natural resources, especially the large reserve of oil in Venezuela," said Teng.
Teng said Venezuela is not an isolated case but a common practice by the United States. The United States launched an invasion of Panama on Dec. 20, 1989, which continued until January 1990, with the stated objective of capturing Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega on charges of drug trafficking and organized crime.
"We still remember the so-called sentence of the former president of Panama in the late 1980s. And this time, the president of Venezuela will be under some judicial condition (judicial proceedings) for the so-called drug trafficking and some other crimes. So I think this is not a single case for the Venezuela country, but also this is actually a practice by the United States -- to use force, to use so-called justice under law against any leaders in Latin America and the Caribbean waters," he said.
US cannot legitimize operation against Venezuela: Chinese scholar
