At 21: 19 on August 8, an earthquake of magnitude 7.0 occurred in Jiuzhaigou County, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province (33.2 degrees north latitude and 103.82 degrees east longitude) with a focal depth of 20 kilometers. As of press time, after preliminary verification, the earthquake has killed 19 people and injured 247 people, including 40 seriously.
Life is the number, and disaster is the order.
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council are concerned about the people in the disaster areas. The central departments and the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee and Government acted quickly and commanded scientifically, and the local people and tourists helped each other and jointly launched an emergency relief operation.
Race against time, the disaster is the order.
On the evening of the 8 th, the night deepened. A piece of news from Jiuzhaigou, a paradise on earth, is extremely worrying: a magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred in Jiuzhaigou County!
The disaster immediately affected Zhongnanhai-
地震发生后,中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席最高领袖高度重视,立即作出重要指示,要求抓紧了解核实九寨沟7.0级地震灾情,迅速组织力量救灾,全力以赴抢救伤员,疏散安置好游客和受灾群众,最大限度减少人员伤亡。目前正值主汛期,又处旅游旺季,要进一步加强气象预警和地质监测,密切防范各类灾害,切实做好抗灾救灾工作,尽最大努力保障人民群众生命财产安全。
中共中央政治局常委、国务院总理李克强作出批示,要求抓紧核实灾情,全力组织抢险救援,最大程度减少人员伤亡,妥善转移安置受灾群众。加强震情监测,防范次生灾害。
灾情就是命令!
国务院派出由国家减灾委、国务院抗震救灾指挥部组成的工作组赶赴现场指导抗震救灾工作。四川省委省政府主要负责同志赶赴现场组织指挥救援工作。
中央各有关单位紧急行动起来,争分夺秒地投入各项抗震救灾工作。
——抢通灾区生命通道。
此次地震地处西南山区,地质情况复杂,山体崩裂、落石垮塌极易导致交通中断,影响各方救援力量进入。
地震发生后,交通运输部紧急启动二级应急响应,指导地方交通部门抢通简易便道,多个路段为配合抢险救援实行交通管制,保证救援力量进得去、被困群众出得来。
Chengdu Railway Bureau and Xi ‘an Railway Bureau stopped some passenger trains urgently, and quickly carried out emergency treatment work. Professionals such as public works, power supply and electricity services made every effort to check the lines and equipment to ensure the absolute safety of passenger trains and resume train operation as soon as possible.
The Civil Aviation Administration launched an emergency plan, cooperated with local governments to organize civil aviation to carry out various rescue work, and focused on emergency evacuation of passengers in disaster areas.
China Meteorological Bureau strengthened the monitoring, forecasting and early warning of meteorological disasters in earthquake areas, encrypted the frequency of monitoring and consultation, and focused on strengthening the monitoring and forecasting of meteorological disasters such as local sudden heavy precipitation and lightning, which may adversely affect rescue work.
-Invest in the rescue team.
People-oriented, life first. After the earthquake, in order to seize the 72-hour golden rescue period, the relevant departments and units of the central government sent rescue commandos to the earthquake area one after another, giving priority to saving lives, even if there is only a glimmer of hope, they should make 100% efforts.
The National Disaster Reduction Committee and the Ministry of Civil Affairs launched the national level III emergency response in the early morning of the 9th, and the Seismological Bureau of China launched the level II emergency response, and sent a field team to the earthquake area to carry out emergency response.
The National Health and Family Planning Commission guides local governments to rescue and treat quickly, and tries their best to reduce casualties. At the same time, it makes good preparations for the rescue of the national health emergency team and provides timely assistance as needed.
The armed police and public security fire brigade responded quickly and assembled quickly. The local fire brigade immediately put into rescue, and the reinforcements marched and rescued. More than 2,000 people and hundreds of sets of machinery and equipment fought in the front line of rescue.
The people’s army charged ahead. The Western Theater Coalition refers to the dispatch of Army, Air Force, Sichuan Military Region, Xining Joint Protection Center and other services and arms to carry out rescue overnight. By 18: 00 on the 9th, the western theater had dispatched 1,285 troops, 90 vehicles of various types and 9 aircraft of various types.
The National Earthquake Disaster Emergency Rescue Team, composed of a brigade of the 82nd Army of the Army in the Central Theater, the Armed Police General Hospital and the Seismological Bureau of China, dispatched 80 members, took five search and rescue dogs, two rescue equipment, and 378 rescue equipment in eight categories including life detectors, jacking and demolition equipment, and flew to the disaster area by two air force transport planes on the evening of the 9th.
-ensuring the lives of the people after the disaster.
The National Development and Reform Commission urgently arranged for Sichuan Province to invest 60 million yuan in the central budget of disaster relief emergency subsidy for the restoration and construction of infrastructure and public welfare facilities in disaster areas.
In order to ensure the normal life of the people after the disaster, the Red Cross Society of China urgently allocated 1,000 family bags, 2,000 beds of quilts and 200 tents from Meishan Warehouse of Chengdu Disaster Preparedness and Relief Center.
The Ministry of Commerce guides local commercial authorities to actively control basic relief materials such as food and drinking water, organizes some commercial circulation enterprises to supplement the supply of goods, and increases the supply of some daily necessities to ensure the supply and guarantee of materials for several large supermarkets in the region.
The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development organized a team of 25 building earthquake emergency experts to provide technical support for the emergency assessment of housing safety after the earthquake in the disaster area, and at the same time strengthen emergency duty and closely track the disaster situation.
The Ministry of Agriculture focused on the harmless treatment of dead animals, environmental disinfection and emergency immunization, strengthened epidemic monitoring, strengthened quarantine supervision, and carried out animal epidemic prevention work in an orderly manner after disasters …
United as one, March towards the earthquake zone.
When the earthquake occurred, the Chengdu-Lanzhou Railway Project Department of China Railway Second Bureau, which is only 60 kilometers away from Jiuzhaigou County, felt a strong earthquake. Chen Guihu, the project manager who has experienced many rescue missions, immediately ordered a rescue mobilization meeting and set up an earthquake relief team. At the same time, he volunteered for disaster relief and contacted the local government as soon as possible.
Just over an hour later, a rescue team consisting of more than 50 people, 4 excavators, 4 loaders, 4 muckers and 2 trailers was set up and left for the earthquake-stricken area overnight. At 2: 10 am on the 9th, the rescue team arrived at the epicenter to carry out rescue work, and a victim was searched at 3: 10.
Electricity, transportation, communication, energy … these are the basis for the rescue operation and the normal life of the people in the disaster area-
The earthquake caused many substations and lines, including the 110kV Jiuzhaigou Substation (Ganhaizi) in Aba Power Grid, to be shut down, and more than 1,900 households in Huanglong Township were blacked out. After emergency repair, at present, more than ten 10 kV lines in Jiuzhaigou County and Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area have resumed power supply. At the same time, the electric rescue team has arrived at the 110kV Jiuzhaigou Substation (Ganhaizi) for emergency repair. The local area is restoring local power supply by repairing damaged substations and temporary power supply.
China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom and China Tower provide services such as non-stop, toll-free telephone and hotline for finding relatives. At present, the communication in Jiuzhaigou Valley has basically resumed, and the fixed-line, broadband and wireless networks in the scenic area are basically smooth, and the communication in the field of earthquake relief dispatching and command is smooth.
All China Petrochemical gas stations along Jiuzhaigou have opened green channels, and the nearest gas station is in normal operation, with more than 260 tons of various oil products in stock and sufficient refined oil and non-oil materials. China Petroleum’s 11 gas stations in earthquake-stricken areas have more than 500 tons of various oil products in stock, which can meet the disaster relief supply for more than two days, and more than 300 tons of oil products will be delivered to the disaster area soon.
In addition, within 2 hours of the disaster, many insurance companies such as Taiping Life Insurance, China Ping An and New China Life Insurance launched earthquake emergency plans: on the one hand, they accepted reports through 24-hour earthquake claims lines and the Internet; On the other hand, it simplifies the application procedures for claims, and most insurance companies make claims without policies.
Air China, China Eastern Airlines, Sichuan Airlines, Chengdu Airlines, Hainan Airlines and other aviation enterprises started the emergency support mechanism, actively adjusted the capacity, and ensured the smooth transportation of disaster relief personnel and materials. At the same time, pay close attention to the dynamics of the disaster area, carry out rescue and overtime flights at any time as needed, ensure the normal implementation of the flight plan, and provide free return and change services for passengers who have recently traveled to Jiuzhaigou. Navigation enterprises such as Sichuan Hump, Xilin Fengteng and Xiangyun Navigation also launched emergency rescue and dispatched rescue planes to the disaster area in a unified manner.
Watch each other and help each other, highlighting "China’s power"
China, which has experienced the test of major disasters such as Wenchuan Earthquake, has formed a set of rapid and effective mechanisms to deal with major disasters, which has provided a strong guarantee for the rescue of Jiuzhaigou earthquake.
The orderly and powerful earthquake relief shows the growing "Chinese power".
"We set out from Mianyang at 0: 45 on the 9th. More than 110 people didn’t sleep a wink all night, and we did four things, to understand the disaster situation, clear roads, coordinate traffic, and clear obstacles." Xu Jinyu, deputy commander of Mianyang Military Division, said.
On the night of the earthquake, in addition to the local indigenous residents, nearly 60 thousand tourists gathered in the narrow strip of Jiuzhaigou.
Liu Zuoming, secretary of the State Party Committee of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, said that less than 24 hours after the earthquake, Jiuzhaigou has transferred more than 8,000 tourist vehicles from the county and basically completed the evacuation and transfer of all tourists and migrant workers. The relevant departments are still racing against time to check the remaining tourists, so that they should turn around.
Xinhua News Agency reporters set off from Chengdu at 22: 00 on the 8th, passing through Mianyang, Jiangyou, Pingwu and other places, and it took nearly 9 hours to reach Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area.
The reporter saw at the entrance of Jiuzhaigou scenic spot that some walls cracked, but no buildings collapsed, and most restaurants and supermarkets in the scenic spot had closed down.
A young armed police soldier who is helping to transport the wounded in Jiuzhaigou County People’s Hospital told reporters: "We are the armed police stationed in Jiuzhaigou County. We started transporting the wounded at 12 o’clock last night, and most of the wounded were pulled from Mizoguchi."
Bo Rui, a 38-year-old tourist from Liaoning, said that she was in a hotel near the scenic spot when the earthquake struck, and everyone rushed to a nearby Little Square. At that time, it was still in the aftershocks. The medical staff divided the wounded into three categories: serious injuries, children and minor injuries. The scene was very orderly. The serious injuries were transported away first, and then the children.
The reporter saw that the "Jiuzhaigou Earthquake Relief Headquarters" composed of local government, firefighting, armed police and militia was built in the square outside the visitor center, and disaster relief tents were built one after another. Some people charge their mobile phones at emergency service points set up by mobile companies and call their families to report their safety.
The reporter saw an 18-year-old French teenager and a Canadian woman being treated in the county hospital because they were injured in the earthquake. The female companion of injured tourists in Canada said: "We got very good treatment, thanks to the timely assistance of medical staff."
Initially, several foreign citizens who suffered minor injuries in Jiuzhaigou earthquake have been sent to local hospitals for treatment. China has informed relevant countries.
Jiuzhaigou County has organized nearly 1,000 people, including police, armed police and militia, to go to villages and households to carry out carpet search and rescue and investigate dangerous situations.
Night arrival, the rescue is still going on in an orderly and tense way …