CCP caught red-handed for attempting to bomb river embankment, Nanjing epidemic spreads to 17 CCP cities

 Research, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA

Translation of external news on CCP

News (1), (5) to (11) / Host : Fu Yao / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/07/28/a103176771.html

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Weihui public angered by "good news"

Weihui City, Xinxiang, Henan, has been besieged by floods for days.

At noon on 23 July, Weihui's rain finally stopped and the weather cleared. However, starting at 7 pm on 25 July, the flood suddenly entered Weihuiy. The whole city was soaked in water. In some places, the water depth reached more than 2 meters, and the whole city was cut off from water, electricity and roads.

On 26 July, the water level continued to rise. Nearly 600,000 people in the local area were affected by the disaster. Tens of thousands of people began to flee to find relatives in other cities or to resettlement sites.

At 10 am that day, Lou Yangsheng, secretary of the Henan Provincial Party Committee, went to Weihui to investigate the disaster. The local city government blocked the road and gave Lou Yangsheng a "passage of life" without water for him to pass through during inspection, but he did not visit a real stagnant area.

On the same day, the Secretary of the Weihui Municipal Party Committee released a video through the WeChat official account, claiming that the water level will drop at 4 pm, but a local netizen posted on Weibo that this is simply false news. The water level was still rising until more than 11 pm the next day, and many river sections of Weihe and Mengjiangnv River collapsed.

What makes people even more angry is that on 27 July, the local government issued a big red "good news" on WeChat, saying that "the water level in some urban streets has dropped."

A citizen who escaped complained to the Epoch Times reporter, "They said it dropped, but the water didn't drop anyway. Everyone evacuated spontaneously, and the government doesn't care about you." "We are all over Weihui, why don't the government departments come out? Tell us a word, I think what the government is doing."

His mother said, "We have all (being) blocked on Weibo, and (27th) we cannot receive information about our Weihui incident across the country."

Another citizen, Mr. Lin, said, "All the people of  Weihui are extremely disappointed with the local government....The urban area is flooded, and the evacuation is not notified, and then (the people) are waiting at home to die. The casualties are not clear, they are concealed." 

News (2) to (4) / Reporter : Chen Han /  Editor : Li Yun / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/07/28/a103176495.html

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The CCP sent someone to bomb the river embankment late at night and was caught by Weihui villagers

There were heavy rains in Henan for many days and flood discharges from reservoirs, floods overflowed in many places, and rivers broke banks. Among them, the water level in the city of Weihui continued to rise, with a water depth of more than 2 m, and nearly 600,000 people were trapped. However, the local government not only did not rescue the people from the disaster, but also sent people to secretly dig the river embankment in the village late at night to release floods, and the villagers on duty were caught upright. Afterwards, the government issued a notice to refute the rumours, which was strongly refuted by local netizens.

On 28 July, Henan media stated that there are 4 rivers and 4 reservoirs in Weihui, and many reservoirs on No. 25 discharge floods. The water depth of Weihui's entire city is two to three metres. On the 26th, the water level rose further. 600,000 people were besieged by floods.

Many Weihui netizens posted videos to expose that the local government sent someone to secretly blow up the river embankment to discharge the flood, and was arrested by the villagers!

Weihui villager said, "They came here to know that it was bombing the embankment. See if they came out, come here to bomb the embankment."

In another video, a large number of villagers surrounded a man in red and questioned angrily, and some villagers were videotaping. The man in red said that it was the leader who confessed.

Weihui netizen "Fei" posted on the 26th to ask the government whether it is possible to explode in a document and notice, do not sneak in the water in the middle of the night!

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River banks dug day and night without notification to the residents

Ms Wang from the civilian rescue team disclosed that many river banks in Weihui were dug by the government late at night, but she does not know why. She said, "We have no contact with the government. I don't know why. Wait, they will get retribution. Anyway, this has happened and there is no way. These people have no good end. Yes, God will clean them up."

On 26 July, the Weihui  authorities issued a statement to refute the rumours, saying that "the whole area will bomb the levee to sacrifice Weihui and protect Xinxiang", which is purely a rumour. He also stated that Weihui had never received an order from his superiors to blow up the city's levee.

In response, Weihui netizens refuted, "Is it true that we Weihui people know that 600,000 people are running away? The army secretly blows up the dike that Weihui people have built so hard. Is this true? All Weihui people know."

Some netizens asked, "Weihui's water level keeps rising. Why is this? Everyone in Weihui knows that 'abandoning Weihui and protecting Xinxiang' is not a rumour! They were displaced."

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CCP government did not notify villagers to evacuate

Mr. Zhao, a citizen of Weihui, said that the government has not notified the evacuation of the local reservoir for flooding, and also falsely claimed that the water level is falling. In fact, everyone was forced to evacuate without falling.

Mr. Zhao, a member of the Weihui public, "At that time, the government did not say that it would transfer in advance. After the heavy rain in these two days, it will not rain. I feel that the government can drain the water and it should not rise again. At that time, the water level had not yet been flooded. It’s so serious. So thinking about staying at home, it should be fine after two or three days, and there will be no transfer."

Mr. Zhao said that he did not expect that the water level would continue to rise after the weather was clear, and the victims depended on civilian rescue.

Mr. Zhao added, "When I went for rescue yesterday (27th), there was electricity in the water, and then the rescue was delayed. Yesterday the rescue was only started in the afternoon. There was no rescue in the morning."

A group of volunteers sent messages via WeChat that all rescue teams in Weihui rushed ashore to withdraw, and the Weihui government began to energize them. Some people questioned, the water has not returned yet, is it not murder to electrify?

A rescuer posted a video saying that Weihui has been blocked and all front-line rescuers are not allowed to enter.

A frontline rescuer said, "The police have been on guard here, and all rescue vehicles have been moving out, including rescue materials. All rescuers have moved out, including all citizens. This side is now only allowed to go out, not allowed in. Sorry, I I want to save you, but I don't know how to get in."

Although Weihui people fled their homes in panic, many people still did not get rescued.

At around 10 pm on the 28th, a number of Wei Hui netizens posted on Weibo, “Please don’t give up Weihui. Yesterday the whole city evacuated, but many people are still asking for help. Leaders do not act and can only rely on the masses to help themselves. They are very helpless."

Some volunteers posted on Weibo and said: "I have been through the sixth night, and my crying eyes hurt. I am trying to find every survivor. I am trying to mobilize a tiny bit of supplies. What are you doing?... Today is my day. It seems to have heard the wailing of 10 million people..."

Weihui seems to have been abandoned now. The upstream reservoir continues to discharge floods with large flows. Everyone must be evacuated on the evening of the 28th.

From the aerial video, we can see that the entire Weihui was taken down, and the city's high-speed rail became a sea-crossing bridge, connecting Huaxian, Junxian, Weihui, and Xinxiang across dozens of kilometres of water. The houses and farmland on both sides were flooded.

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Zhengzhou subway survivors tell the truth

Local people of Henan have been questioning official (CCP) information.

According to the latest data released by the Communist Party of China on 28 July, 13.643 million people were affected and 73 people died in the flood disaster in Henan province.

Regarding this number, Mr. Li, a citizen of Zhengzhou, told The Epoch Times, “I have seen more than dozens of them casually these days. I said that the number of lives lost due to floods (official figures) is dozens or a hundred times. Multiplying by a hundred times is less."

He also disclosed, “Now there are a lot of military vehicles and police vehicles in the Jingguang (Road) Tunnel, and the tunnel cordon has already been pulled up to prevent photography or spread. Some Zhengzhou citizens shot the scene, and the police beat people and didn’t tell you. You are polite and hit you directly." "Why? Just not let the common people see all this (the truth)."

There is a video on the Internet showing that the suspected flooded carriages of Zhengzhou Metro Line 5 have been transported out one by one, but nobody knows why the windows of the carriages are covered with black cloth.

There is also a video showing that at the B1 exit of Shakou Road on Line 5, more and more flowers were placed in the memorial ceremony. On 27 July, a pair of young sisters also came to the subway entrance and told everyone that they were the survivors from the subway on the 20th.

The sister said that she and her sister were in the last carriage. When the water reached her neck, she swam one carriage forward to survive; her sister stayed where she was and was finally rescued while the others in the last carriage were all drowned. She also said that the first group of people who got out of the front carriage were all washed away by the water.

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Anxious to wash his linen, the Chinese Communist Party's national teacher exposes patriotic industry

In the past few days, heavy rains and man-made disasters in Henan have been the focus of attention from the outside world. During the period, a person released relevant news, but it attracted public opinion. This person is Jin Canrong, a professor at Renmin University of China. He is known as the "national teacher" of the Chinese Communist Party and one of Xi Jinping's diplomatic think tanks.

At around 7.30 am on 23 July, Jin Canrong posted a post on Weibo with the headline "Frequent extreme weather events require vigilance against attacks by hostile national meteorological weapons." The article alluded to the use of weather weapons by the United States to cause the Zhengzhou floods, and stated that "in addition to natural and man-made disasters, we also need to be alert to another possibility, that is, attacks on national weather weapons."

As a result, the article was ridiculed and cursed by many netizens, and even Little Pink did not pay the bill, believing that this fallacy was to treat everyone as fools. Someone asked, "If you have this ability, why don't you put this heavy rain in North America, so that the high temperature of the fire in North America will come down?" "Why don't you directly send the heavy rain to Zhongnanhai?"

The wave has not yet settled. At about 8.30 pm that night, Jin Canrong posted another Weibo, saying that he had been invited to have dinner with Su Weiguang, the new administrative officer of the US Embassy, ​​and exchanged views on Sino-US relations and the Taiwan issue.

Jin Canrong scolded the United States in the morning, but had dinner with US officials in the evening. His contradictory behavior once again sparked criticism from netizens.

Someone said, “Did you discuss the US’s climate weapons? Did the US do it?” “It turns out that Jin Canrong is also proud to meet and talk with Americans. This shocks us!” “Anti-Americanism is packaging, and pro-American talents. it is true."

Jin Canrong has revised the content because the article on weather weapons was scolded. Not only that, on 26 July, Shanghai historian Xiao Gongqin sent screenshots of the WeChat conversation between him and Jin Canrong. Jin Canrong argued that the article was written by a person named Rao Jin who asked fans to write on his behalf, and he did not know it; Rao Jin’s team problem Many, he may have to change the cooperation team.

According to a report by Radio Free Asia, colleague Jin Canrong and professor of the School of International Relations at Renmin University Zhang Ming believes that Xiao Gongqin's open WeChat dialogue is to clean up Jin Canrong. He also thinks that Jin Canrong lied and it is impossible to be ignorant of the content of the article written by him.

Rao Jin mentioned by Jin Canrong is the majority shareholder of Beijing Zhongyi Nettian Information Technology Co., Ltd. This company is also the main body of the official accounts of "anti-American fighters" such as Sima Nan and Li Yi.

Wan Runnan, the founder of Stone Company exiled in France, criticized Jin Canrong for profiting and concocting lies to deceive the top and the bottom. This type of so-called "public knowledge" treats patriotism as a business and also industrializes this business. They made a fortune from this, but led to anti-intellectual rhetoric in China and accelerated the decline of social morality. 

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Wang Yi shows Taliban CCP's muscles? 

The domestic disaster has aroused public resentment, but the CCP seems unmoved and is still busy competing with the United States. On 28 July, the diplomatic actions of China and the United States aroused the attention of the outside world.

On the same day, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with nine members of the extremist religious organization Taliban in Tianjin and held talks on the so-called "peace process and security issues" in Afghanistan.

Taliban spokesman Mohammed Naeem said that the visit was at the invitation of the Chinese Communist Party and the team was led by Taliban negotiator and deputy leader Mullah Baradar Akhund. They also met with the CCP’s special envoy on Afghanistan.

Many Chinese netizens talked hotly, "This time and place are very coincidental: I just quarreled and sent away the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Sherman (also translated as Sherman), and the Taliban were in the same position."

Some people say, "Isn't this a terrorist?" "I really don't understand this operation." "The Taliban are either stupid or bad."

As the United States withdrew before September, the Taliban have revived, causing frequent violent incidents in Afghanistan and occupying areas and border crossings across the country. The CCP’s invitation to the Taliban to visit China during this sensitive period is tantamount to approving the international status of the rebel organization.

Current affairs commentator Tang Jingyuan said that the Taliban’s schedule for China’s visit to China was finalized in advance. Wang Yi’s meeting with Sherman and the Taliban in Tianjin at the same time must have been deliberately arranged, or, in other words, he wanted to release the signal in this way. The CCP’s intention is very simple. It is deliberately letting the United States and the international community see that the Taliban, the United States cannot handle it, but we can do it. This is a subtle way to show off muscles.

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Blinken stepped on the red line to meet the Dalai Lama representative

On the US side, on 28 July, Secretary of State Blinken had a brief meeting with Ngodup Dongchung, the representative of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA, the Tibetan Government in Exile) in New Delhi, India. Zhongqun Ouzhu is also a representative of the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet.

This meeting was the most important high-level contact between U.S. officials and Tibetan leaders after the Dalai Lama and then President Obama met in 2016.

In addition, Blinken also met with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Prime Minister Modi, emphasizing on working with India to defend democratic values ​​and ensure the freedom and openness of the Indo-Pacific region.

Reuters pointed out that Blinken's visit to the Dalai Lama's representative is likely to anger the CCP. What is the purpose of the United States doing this?

Tang Jingyuan believes that this shows two aspects: One is that the United States is implementing its concept of safeguarding human rights and will not make concessions to the CCP in this regard. It also means that sanctions in this regard will not be lifted or reduced. The second is that the current US government is no longer afraid of offending the CCP. It has stepped on the CCP’s so-called red line and expressed its unrecognized attitude.

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Biden mentions the Chinese Communist Party threatens U.S. lawmakers to demand further sanctions

On the 27th, US President Biden also mentioned the threat of the CCP.

Biden visited the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on the same day and delivered a half-hour speech. He pointed out that China (the CCP) and Russia are increasingly threats to the national security of the United States, and warned that serious cyber attacks may lead to a "real war" between the United States and a "big power".

Biden also said that compared with 20 years ago, the threats are now more scattered. The United States must always be vigilant and must pay attention to the destruction of democracy by false information.

Last week, the Biden administration accused the CCP of hacking into Microsoft's e-mail system; it has hacked the gas pipeline network in the United States several times in the past decade. The Ministry of Justice also prosecuted four related Chinese citizens.

However, senior senator Ted Cruz of the U.S. Republican Party believes that this administration is not doing enough. On Tuesday (27th), when questioning Richard Downing, the Deputy Minister of Justice, he stated that the CCP continued to use cyber attacks to harm the United States. He asked, why didn't sanctions be imposed on this? This will only invite more and more aggressive attacks.

On the 27th, the US Congress and Administration China Committee (CECC), and a number of congressmen from the two parties and houses also held a hearing to discuss "Corporate Sponsorship for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics."

U.S. corporate representatives who attended the conference via video include Coca-Cola, Visa, Airbnb, Intel, and Procter & Gamble.

The lawmakers said that unless the CCP changes its practices on human rights issues such as Xinjiang and Hong Kong, American companies sponsoring the Beijing Winter Olympics will become complicit in China's human rights violations. They asked big companies to take active actions to help transfer the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics to other locations.

Unfortunately, the participating companies are not willing to give a positive answer.

In addition, among the five major Olympic sponsors, only Intel clearly agreed with Beijing's genocide in Xinjiang. Republican U.S. Senator Tom Cotton said, "This is the saddest and most humiliating hearing in my senator's career." 

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Nanjing Delta expands

Next, let’s look at the news on the mainland epidemic.

The epidemic situation in Nanjing has further expanded. From July 20 to 27, a total of 153 local confirmed cases were reported locally, but the actual number of infections may be even higher. Currently, Nanjing has 40 medium and high risk areas.

The transmission chain of Nanjing Lukou International Airport was infected with the Delta mutant strain, which is extremely infectious and has spread to 5 provinces and 10 cities. Lukou Street is preparing to start the fourth round of nucleic acid testing.

Due to the escalation of the epidemic, the Nanjing authorities require all types of personnel to provide the green code of the health code and a certificate of negative nucleic acid test within 48 hours before leaving Nanjing; all communities are fully implemented strict and extreme control of entry and exit.

Many mainland Chinese portals point the spearhead of the epidemic at the failure of prevention and control at Nanjing Lukou International Airport.

However, some Nanjing netizens said, "The local government cannot shirk responsibility to the airport unit." "What can't you do, the first place in the meeting! Can you do something real?" Some people say that Nanjing is blocking the channels for the people to reflect information everywhere. Someone said, "I don't know what the leaders of Nanjing are doing. It has been reported that the five provinces of Guangdong, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Anhui, and Liaoning are not paying attention. Now there are thirty or forty cases for three consecutive days, and the numbers are going up."

Along with the outbreak of the epidemic, there was also the arrival of typhoon "fireworks". Facing the double test of the epidemic and extreme weather, we remind everyone that we must protect ourselves.

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400 people in Beijing isolated for African diplomat

Although the situation of the epidemic in Nanjing is becoming increasingly severe and spreading rapidly, the CCP still cannot wait to arrange a reception even for “African friends” who have been diagnosed. On the 26th, Beijing’s “Healthy East City” officially released news that at 8.55 am on 25 July, an inbound diplomat was subjected to routine nucleic acid sampling before admission due to medical needs and was transferred to a hotel to wait for the test results.

As a result, the result was detected at 11.20 pm, and it was positive. It was diagnosed as an asymptomatic infection. This resulted in more than 400 guests of the same hotel being implicated and to be quarantined for 21 days.

On the 27th, a protective line was set up around the hotel, and personnel were not allowed to enter and exit, and it has been blocked.

The hotel guest "J1-orb" revealed on Weibo that the ambulance and the protective line were seen at 7 or 8 am on 25 July but the hotel not only did not confess to all the guests in the hotel at the time, but also to the guests who checked in that day. Concealed, the hotel was closed at 9 o'clock and no entry or exit was allowed.

"J1-orb" on Weibo denounced the hotel for failing to notify the guests of the epidemic and other negligence, "The guest concealed the hotel's epidemic on the same day and checked in normally, and the foreign guests were diagnosed but arranged to check in normally, and the hotel control is extremely poor!"

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A certain African vice president spreads infection in Beijing and more than 400 hotel guests are quarantined

Reporter : Li Jinfeng  / Editor: Li Quan / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/07/29/a103176885.html 

Image : The picture shows residents in Beijing lining up for nucleic acid testing on 28 January 2021. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images)

Dongcheng District, Beijing, was previously notified that diplomatic personnel had contracted covid and were waiting for test results at a hotel. Some Weibo netizens broke the news that the infected person was a vice president of a certain African country. This incident also resulted in more than 400 hotel guests being quarantined for 21 days.

On 26 July, the Beijing Dongcheng District Health Commission of the Communist Party of China reported that at 8:55 am on the 25th, an inbound diplomat went to a medical institution in the area for routine nucleic acid sampling before admission, and was then transferred to a nearby hotel to wait for test results. At 11.20 am that day, the person's nucleic acid test result was positive.

However, the notification did not specify the specific identity of the person, nor did it disclose when the person entered the country, where he had been, and so on.

A few days ago, a Weibo netizen "J1-orb" posted that the infected diplomat was the vice president of a certain African country, but the vice president did not follow the procedures when entering the country, but was directly arranged to live before the test results came out. Into the hotel; and pointed out that the hotel's control is very poor.

The netizen also said that the ambulance and the protective line were seen at 7 and 8 am on the 25th, but the hotel did not confess to all the guests who checked in at that time, and also concealed the guests who checked in that day. The hotel was blocked until 9 a.m. , Do not let in and out.

However, a NTD reporter inquired about the netizen's Weibo and found that the netizen had deleted this revelation and said on the 29th that "some Weibo was deleted."

Another netizen broke the news that the vice president was from Zimbabwe and had been to Union Hospital, several restaurants in Wangfujing and Jingrun before the quarantine.

The Economic Observer reported on the 28th that a guest who had been living in the hotel in late July disclosed that the patient had stayed at the Legendale Hotel in Beijing. Legendale Hotel Beijing is located at No. 92 Jinbao Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, close to the Wangfujing (600859, shares bar) business district and Xiehe Hospital.

The relevant person in charge of the hotel said that the nucleic acid test for all the hotel staff included more than 400 guests; the first and second batches of close contacts totaling 120 people have been transferred to the Hyatt Place Beijing Daxing Hotel for isolation; there are currently more than 200 Those who were not in close contact were left behind.

Sing Tao Daily reported that there were a large number of public security and police vehicles around the hotel. At the intersection of Jinbao Street where the hotel is located, the public security has set up iron fences to restrict traffic, causing traffic jams on this section of the road.

When asked if they were not allowed to enter due to the epidemic, the public security officer said, stop asking, it is not open.

A reporter from The Epoch Times called the hotel on the 28th. The front desk staff said that the hotel would not accept any reservations before the 30th day. After the 30th day, they can book online by themselves.

The aforementioned Weibo netizen "J1-orb" posted on the 27th, saying that the hotel could be booked on the 30th, and said: "How do you want to open the door for business as soon as possible?? The guests staying in the hotel have not left in batches. It's over, has the disinfection been done. Can I book the 30th now?"

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Zhengzhou citizen: The CCP authorities took advantage of the flood to try to demolish her house

Reporters : Chang Chun, Chen Jie and Huang Yuning / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/07/29/a103177162.html

A citizen of Zhengzhou broke the news to NTDTV. After the flood subsided, her father discovered that their neighbour’s dangerous building was tilted due to the loose foundation and sinking, directly endangering her house. They asked the government to demolish that building. However, the CCP government took the opportunity to demolish his house.

On 29 July, Zhengzhou citizen Xie Jing told NTD that his father Xie Yuting’s house was located in Dingzhuang Village, Zhongyuan District. On the day of the storm on the 20th, the water in Dingzhuang Village reached more than 1 m. On 22 July, her father discovered that their neighbour’s dangerous building was soaked in heavy rain and the foundation was loose and tilted, directly endangering their personal safety.

Xie Jing said, "In 2016, the entire village of Dingzhuang was demolished and the government office was demolished. At that time, it left a dilapidated house, which happened to be next to my house, but no one had ever asked. This flood 0038 directly flooded our house. In particular, this dilapidated house was soaked in water and dumped in the direction of our house. If it were not for the low-rise roof of the first floor of my house, the house would have fallen immediately."

On 24 July, Xie Yuting contacted the office leader and asked for the demolition of the dangerous building, but the leader said that the demolition process cannot guarantee that his house will not be endangered.

Xie Jing said. "They said that they used a regular demolition company to demolish the dangerous building. This morning, they used anti-aircraft artillery to smash the building. At that time, I asked the leaders not to do this. If you do this, my house will collapse immediately.

 The leader surnamed Hu said that demolishing the house must be dangerous, who can guarantee it."

Xie Jing believes that the government is using the opportunity of demolishing dangerous buildings to try to demolish her house.

Xie Jing said, "They used this dangerous building in disguise to demolish my house. To put it bluntly, I have a certified house in the Central Plains District. Yesterday I asked him (construction staff) which company it had nothing to do with you. I signed with the government. Yes, until today I asked him about the construction plan, but he didn’t have it, and he didn’t give it. When the office leader came to see the house for the first time, he said directly to us, hurry up, smashed to death, smashed to death, and all smashed to death."

Xie Jing also said that the Zhengzhou flood was caused by the government's unwarranted flood release. All houses were flooded but the government did not give any compensation.

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Mainland Chinese media blasts China's epidemic spreading in 15 provinces, epidemic prevention expertise rushed to Nanjing

Reporter : Luo Tingting /  Editor: Wen Hui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/07/29/a103177026.html

Image : On 28 July 2021, the Fire Eye Laboratory in Nanjing City to detect the CCP virus. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)

The outbreak in Nanjing has spread to 15 provinces and 26 cities. Wang Hesheng, director of the National Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention of the Communist Party of China, rushed to Nanjing a few days ago to guide the prevention and control of the epidemic. Some experts pointed out that the Nanjing epidemic has spread to many places, and the source of infection is difficult to stop.

The mainland official media "The Paper" reported on 29 July that after combing through the circulation information reported by the health committees of various places, it was found that in nine days, the local epidemic in Nanjing had spread to 15 provinces and 26 cities across the country. Related infections have been reported in Beijing, Guangdong, Liaoning, Anhui, Sichuan and Hunan.

With the rapid spread of the epidemic, high-level CCP officials rushed to the affected area, but no effective response measures have been seen so far.

Jiangsu Satellite TV reported on the 28th that in the morning, the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee's Leading Group for Epidemic Responses held a meeting to deploy epidemic prevention and control. Wang Hesheng, deputy director of the National Health Commission of the Communist Party of China and director of the National Disease Control and Prevention Bureau, Lei Haichao, working group leader and deputy director of the National Health Commission, and working group experts attended the meeting to guide epidemic prevention.

More than two months ago, the vice-ministerial National Bureau of Disease Control was officially listed in Beijing, and Wang Hesheng served as the first director. During the outbreak in Wuhan in 2020, he served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee and Party Secretary of the Provincial Health Committee.

The Nanjing epidemic is continuing to heat up. The latest news released by the Nanjing Centre for Epidemic Prevention and Control on 29 July indicated that there have been 171 cases of local confirmed cases in Nanjing (78 cases of light type, 86 cases of normal type, and 7 cases of heavy type).

Nanjing currently has 42 medium-risk areas and 4 high-risk areas. Since 29 July, the entire Lukou Sub-district in Jiangning District has been adjusted to high-risk areas.

Ding Jie, Deputy Director of the Nanjing CDC, reported on the 27th that the virus spread in Nanjing is Delta variant (Covi72), which has the characteristics of fast spreading and strong infectivity.

Zhong Nanshan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, warned that in the same space, in the same unit, in the same building and in the same building, those who had been with these infected cases four days before the onset of illness were all close contacts.

The epidemic has spread to Beijing. Xu Hejian, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and director of the Municipal Government Information Office, said at a press conference on the 29th that it is necessary to strictly control the entry of personnel from medium and high-risk areas into Beijing and strictly prevent the import of overseas epidemics.

In a performance in Zhangjiajie, Hunan, about 2,000 spectators had a trajectory intersection with 4 infected people from other provinces, and these 2,000 people were all classified as high-risk groups.

Zhang Wenhong, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Fudan University, posted on Weibo on the 29th, “If there are more cases that are not directly related to (Nanjing) Lukou Airport, it indicates that the scale of the epidemic will expand and it may be necessary to take measures especially more decisive measures".

At present, according to reports from outside Jiangsu Province, the infected people who have been to Lukou Airport on their trajectory are mostly mild and asymptomatic infections, which makes the spread of the virus more concealed and puts forward a new test for epidemic prevention.

A public health expert told Xinhuanet, "Symptoms are open flames, which are easy to detect and extinguish; but mild and asymptomatic are dark fires. It is difficult to find how long and how far the virus has spread."

A public health expert from the mainland who did not want to be named told China News Weekly on the 27th that the Nanjing epidemic has spread to many places, and the source of the infection is difficult to stop. He believes, "Nanjing is actually closed now, but it is still a bit late."

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Map:  The chain of infection is extended again, two centres of epidemic spread in Nanjing and Zhangjiajie have been formed

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Zhangjiajie becomes a "setter"! Nanjing's transmission chain extends to 206 people in 7 provinces and 17 cities

The "Zhangjiajie Tourism Transmission Chain" was extended again and became the "setter" of the Nanjing epidemic transmission chain. According to the report of the Beijing Epidemic Prevention and Control Press Conference on 29 July, from 12 am to 12 pm on 29 July, Beijing added 2 new confirmed cases of covid related to the epidemic outside Beijing, all of whom returned to Beijing from Zhangjiajie, Hunan.

According to the previous report by The Paper, the Zhangjiajie Charm Xiangxi Theatre has 4 spectators infected with covid, and 4 of them have watched the performance at the theatre in the evening of 22 July. The local area is urgently investigating the same personnel, involving more than 2,000 spectators. 

Among the 4 people who were infected by watching the drama, 3 were from Dalian, Liaoning, and had previously stayed at Nanjing Lukou Airport for 2 hours during the flight. Lukou Airport is the “eye of the storm” of the recent local epidemic. At least dozens of airport cleaners have been infected. The epidemic has spread to 9 districts in Nanjing. As of 29 July, there are 173 local infections in Nanjing.

Before going to the charming Xiangxi Theater in the above three cases of Dalian infected patients, they also went to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park and Grand Canyon to play. On 27 and 28 July, the 5 newly confirmed local cases in Chengdu also visited Zhangjiajie and other places during the same period, which crossed the trajectory of the Dalian case.

After visiting Zhangjiajie, the Chengdu case also went to Changde, Hunan, and a friend who accompanied him in Changde was infected. In addition, Huai'an, a city in Jiangsu Province, also found 4 positive cases on 28 July, who had been to Zhangjiajie before.

So far, Zhangjiajie has become the spreading hub of the local epidemic in Nanjing and Dalian, Chengdu, Changde, Beijing and other places, and the spread of the epidemic chain in Nanjing has been expanded. 

The Paper combed and found that as of 2 pm on 29 July, the spread of the Nanjing epidemic had increased to 206 people, involving 17 provinces (including Nanjing) in 7 provinces, including Liaoning, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Anhui, Sichuan, and Hunan. 

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"Zhangjiajie Tourism Transmission Chain" connects cases in Dalian, Chengdu, Changde, Beijing and other places

The trajectories of infected persons in Dalian, Chengdu, Changde, Beijing, Ningxiang and other places spell out the "Zhangjiajie Tourism Transmission Chain".

According to local reports in Sichuan and Chengdu, among the newly infected people in Chengdu on 27 and 28 July, 5 confirmed cases had traveled to Zhangjiajie and other places. Among the five people, three are a family of three, one is a traveling friend of the family, and one is a 53-year-old self-driving woman.

At the Chengdu epidemic prevention and control press conference held on 28 July, He Xiao, Deputy Director of the Chengdu Municipal Health Commission, announced that 5 confirmed cases in Chengdu had recently travelled to Zhangjiajie, and they had crossed the trajectory of the covid cases reported in Dalian, Liaoning. The case reported in Dalian has a history of staying at Nanjing Lukou Airport.

According to the "Dalian Release" WeChat official account, the 3 cases of asymptomatic infections reported in Dalian on 26 July had boarded a flight from Dalian to Zhangjiajie on 17 July, during which they had a connecting flight at Nanjing Lukou Airport and stayed for about 2 hours. 

According to the "Zhangjiajie Moment" WeChat official account, the three of them visited Zhangjiajie National Forest Park and the Grand Canyon on 20 to 22 July. 

The 5 confirmed cases in Chengdu also visited Zhangjiajie Forest Park, Tianmenshan Forest Park, Grand Canyon and other places from 20 to 24 July.

The Zhangjiajie communication chain also extends to Changde, Hunan. After visiting Zhangjiajie, a family of three and their friends among the confirmed cases in Chengdu visited Changde on 24 July. A local friend who accompanied them on the tour was diagnosed as an asymptomatic infected person on 28 July.

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Ningxiang covid outbreak on a cruise ship

The spreading chain of Changde, Hunan extended to Ningxiang, Hunan, this time spreading on a cruise ship.

According to the "Healthy Ningxiang" WeChat official account of the Health Bureau of  the city of Ningxiang, on 29 July, Ningxiang added a new case of covi nucleic acid positive test. He was a 12-year-old boy who was visiting Changde and crossing Zihe with his elders. At that time, he took the same cruise ship with the above-mentioned Chengdu case and Changde case.

In addition, the Zhangjiajie transmission chain also resulted in 1 new local case in Dalian and 2 new local cases in Beijing.

On 27 July, Dalian, Liaoning Province, added a new confirmed case. In the evening of 22 July, he watched the charming Xiangxi performance together with the above-mentioned three cases of Dalian asymptomatic infection who passed through Lukou Airport in Zhangjiajie. Their seats were adjacent to each other.

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Beijing reports 2 new local covid cases, not 1

According to the Beijing Epidemic Prevention and Control Press Conference, from 12 am to 12 pm of 29 July, Beijing added 2 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia (covid) related to the epidemic outside Beijing. They are a couple who returned to Beijing after traveling in Zhangjiajie, Hunan and other places. 

The number of local infections in Nanjing increased to 173, and Yangzhou, Suqian, and Huai'an in Jiangsu Province were "marked red"

The source of the "Zhangjiajie Transmission Chain" is still in Nanjing.

On 28 July, local confirmed cases of this round of the epidemic in Nanjing were newly added on 29 July.

According to a report on the Nanjing Epidemic Prevention and Control Press Conference held on 29 July, on 28 July, there are 18 newly diagnosed cases of covid in Nanjing.

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Nanjing reports a total of 173 covid cases on 29 July 2021

Since the detection of positive cases at Nanjing Lukou Airport on 20 July, as of 29 July, Nanjing has reported a total of 173 cases of local infections, including 171 confirmed cases (78 cases are mild, 86 cases are ordinary, and 7 cases are Severe), 2 cases of asymptomatic infection.

The press conference announced that the current Nanjing cases are mainly concentrated in Jiangning District and the main urban area, and Lukou Street in Jiangning District has been adjusted to a high-risk area.

Yang Dasuo, deputy director of the Nanjing Municipal Health Commission, once introduced on 28 July that after a flow of investigations, it was found that the recent new cases were mainly concentrated in Lukou Airport and surrounding areas, and multiple clusters of epidemics have been found in the reported cases.

According to the "Nanjing Daily" WeChat public account, on 26 July, the Nanjing Municipal Party Committee's Leading Group for Epidemic Response and the Municipal Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters held an enlarged meeting. The meeting emphasized that Lukou Airport and related staff should be fully closed and managed.

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Yangzhou and Suqian covid outbreaks originate from Nanjing 

At present, cases with a history of living in Nanjing have been reported in Suqian and Yangzhou in Jiangsu Province. As of 29 July, Yangzhou had reported a total of 2 local confirmed cases; Suqian had reported a total of 2 local confirmed cases.

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Huai'an reports 4 covid cases with travel history to Zhangjiajie

In addition, Huai'an  also found 4 positive cases on 28 July, who had been to Zhangjiajie before.

According to the "Huai'an Release" news, on 22 July, an enterprise in Huai'an District organized 67 employees to travel to Zhangjiajie, Hunan. They departed on the same day and visited Zhangjiajie Forest Park on 23 July. On 24 July they visited Tianmen Mountain Forest Park and the charming Xiangxi Theater.  They shopped in a supermarket in Wulingyuan District on 25 July and visited the ancient city of Phoenix on July 26, and returned to Hongze at night of 27 July.

On 28 July, three corporate employees and one tour guide from a travel agency tested positive. The three employees are 1 security guard, 1 worker, and 1 cleaner.

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People infected in many places have been to Nanjing Lukou Airport 

At present, the starting point of the "Nanjing Transmission Chain" is still at Nanjing Lukou Airport.

The Paper combed and found that, so far, Dalian, Liaoning, Shenyang, Suqian, Jiangsu, Zhongshan, Guangdong, Wuhu, Anhui, Mianyang, Sichuan, and other places have reported local infections who have been to Nanjing Lukou Airport.

From 20 July, Nanjing Lukou Airport began to report positive cases. In the initial stage, most of the infected were airport cleaning staff, and then gradually expanded to airport loading and unloading workers, ground service, auxiliary police, drivers, and even developed into community transmission. There were taxi drivers, colleges and universities, students, self-employed, corporate employees, farmers, etc. Many people were infected and human-to-human virus transmission occurred in family gatherings.

After 20 July, many places across the country began to report local infections, many of whom have been to Lukou Airport.

As of 29 July, Shenyang, Liaoning, had reported 4 cases of local covid infections, of which 2 had a history of living in Nanjing recently, and 1 had stopped at Lukou Airport on 14 July when returning from Xiamen by plane. They had meals during the period; Dalian, Liaoning, has 4 cases of local covid infections, 3 cases of asymptomatic infections, 3 people had been to Nanjing Lukou Airport on 17 July  and 1 confirmed case was a close contact of asymptomatic infections.

As of 29 July, Suqian, Jiangsu has two confirmed local cases, which are mother-daughter, and the two have been to Lukou Airport on 17 July; Mianyang, Sichuan has one confirmed local case, July 17. The case has been to Lukou Airport on the previous day; Wuhu, Anhui has 1 case of asymptomatic infection, and he has been to Lukou Airport on 17 July; there is 1 confirmed case in Zhongshan, Guangdong, who has been there twice on 15 and 19 July at Lukou Airport.

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Zhongshan confirmed case highly homologous with Nanjing case

According to the WeChat official account "Released by Zhongshan", according to the results of gene sequencing, the confirmed case in Zhongshan is highly homologous with the results of an infected person who participated in the cleaning of the cabin of flight CZ5846 at Nanjing Lukou Airport.

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Luzhou source of infection is unclear

In addition, according to the announcement of the Luzhou epidemic prevention and control press conference held on 26 July, Luzhou, Sichuan added a new case of asymptomatic infection of covid on 25 July. The asymptomatic infection of the asymptomatic infection was a Delta variant. The virus strain is highly homologous to the virus gene of the Nanjing Lukou Airport epidemic.

However, the infection route of the Luzhou case is not yet clear. 

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Yibin reports 1 confirmed covid case

According to the "Yibin Release" WeChat official account, on 28 July, Sichuan Yibin also added a new confirmed case, which was a close contact of asymptomatic infections in Luzhou.

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The spread of Delta variant in Nanjing may have started around 10 July 2021

In the morning of 27 July, Nanjing notified that the “Delta” strain was the cause of the epidemic.

According to news from Xinhua News Agency on 28 July, it is highly suspected that the infection caused by the inadequate self-protection of airport cleaning staff during the disinfection and cleaning process after the arrival of international flights, and then the formation of clustered transmission among cleaning staff, and then spread through cleaning staff to other airport staff and passengers, the initial infection time should be around 10 July 2021.

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Attractions in Zhangjiajie are closed, and there are still 754 tour groups with 11,900 people in the local area

Source : CCTV News / https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_13803895

In the evening of 29 July, the Information Office of Zhangjiajie Municipal People’s Government in Hunan Province held a special press conference on epidemic prevention and control. Zhangjiajie Municipal Party Committee Member and Deputy Mayor of the Municipal People’s Government Shang Shenglong, Zhangjiajie Health Commission Director Wang Jianghua, Zhangjiajie City Cultural Tourism Broadcasting Sports Bureau Director Deng Jian attended the press conference and answered questions from reporters.

It was announced at the press conference that starting tomorrow (30th) morning, all scenic spots in Zhangjiajie City will be closed.

Deng Jian, director of the Zhangjiajie Municipal Bureau of Culture, Tourism, Radio, Film and Sports, said that as of the current statistics, there are still 754 tour groups in Zhangjiajie, with a total of 11,900 people.

This afternoon, the tourists were persuaded to return one by one. In order to allow these travel teams to return home smoothly, proper arrangements have been made for the refunds of these travel agency teams, and special buses have been arranged by travel agencies and associations.

During the return journey, those who cannot go home normally due to transportation restrictions will be guaranteed by a dedicated tourist bus and professional service personnel. 

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One new local case related to Beijing outside Beijing: Currently living in Huilongguan, Changping, once went to Zhangjiajie

Editor : Wan Tingting / Source : Beijing Daily / https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_13794842

On 29 July, Beijing added 1 new confirmed case of local covid associated with travel history outside Beijing. There are no new suspected cases or asymptomatic infections; no new imported confirmed cases, suspected cases or asymptomatic infections from abroad; 1 case was cured and discharged.

Confirmed case: He currently lives in the Second District of Longyueyuan, Huilongguan, Changping District, and is an employee of an insurance group in the Life Science Park of Changping District. He traveled to Zhangjiajie, Hunan and other places on 20 July, returned to Beijing on 25 July, and developed fever and other symptoms on 26 July. He went to the hospital’s fever clinic on 28 July. The nucleic acid test result was positive. 

Based on the results of the epidemiological history, clinical manifestations, laboratory tests and imaging examinations, he was diagnosed as a confirmed case on the same day, and the clinical type was mild, and it was transferred to the designated hospital for isolation treatment.

Epidemiological investigations have been carried out on the above confirmed cases, and control measures have been implemented as required. 

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Zhengzhou held a post-disaster comprehensive recovery work promotion meeting, and the participants stood in silence

Editor in charge: Zhong Yuhao / Source : WeChat public account Zhengzhou release / https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_13803959

On 29 July Zhengzhou's post-disaster comprehensive recovery work promotion meeting was held to thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions, implement Premier Li Keqiang’s instructions and the provincial party committee and provincial government’s work deployment, and mobilize the whole city to strengthen confidence and fight continuously to fight against diseasters with a highly responsible attitude. The CCP and the people went all out to do a good job in post-disaster recovery and reconstruction, coordinated the promotion of the resumption of work and production, and handed in a qualified answer sheet in the big test of rescue and disaster relief and recovery and reconstruction. 

Xu Liyi, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, presided over the meeting and delivered a speech.

At the beginning of the meeting, all the participants stood in silence and expressed their deep condolences to the comrades and the people who lost their lives in the devastating rainstorm.

Xu Liyi pointed out that in the face of the severe rainstorm disaster, the whole city resolutely implemented the spirit of General Secretary Jinping’s important instructions, implemented Premier Li Keqiang’s instructions and the provincial party committee and provincial government’s work arrangements, and mobilized, reacted quickly, and fully mobilized after hearing the "flood." 

The "national action", the majority of party members and cadres rush to the front line, should stand on the front line, work in the front line, not afraid of sacrifice, and must work with selfless dedication. The broad masses of the people are united, united as a city, watchful and help each other, and overcome the difficulties together. All regions and all walks of life have given great attention and support, fully showing the love of "one party is in trouble, all parties support". 

After working day and night, with the joint efforts of all parties, the rescue and disaster relief and recovery and reconstruction have achieved remarkable results. This is the kind care of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the Party Central Committee, the correct leadership of the provincial party committee and the provincial government, and the joint efforts of party members and cadres, the people, and all sectors of society. The result of hard work.

Xu Liyi emphasized that at present, Zhengzhou has entered the stage of comprehensive restoration and reconstruction, and the task is very arduous. All levels and departments, party organizations at all levels, and all party members and cadres should improve their political positions, carry forward the style of not fearing difficulties, not afraid of fatigue, and continuous fighting, and with a highly responsible attitude to the party and the people, to fight and win the restoration and reconstruction.

After the disaster, the major political responsibilities of the second half of the battle were taken up and completed well. In the big exams of the Great War, he had the courage to accept the test, demonstrate his deeds, and work hard to hand in the answers.

Xu Liyi requested that the Zhengzhou people should focus on key points, make overall plans, and achieve a full restoration of production and living order as soon as possible, adhere to problem-oriented and demand-oriented work, insist on urgent matters, first easy and then difficult, insist on overall coordination, focus on tackling tough problems, speed up the restoration of normal order of production and life, and smooth the overall operation of the economy and society. 

Efforts should be made to prevent risks, attach great importance to and effectively prevent the risks of secondary disasters, the risks of reservoirs exceeding the flood limit water level, the safety risks in the restoration and reconstruction, the risks of post-disaster epidemics, and the risks of social stability. 

Zhengzhou must work hard to protect people’s livelihood, make overall plans for the transitional resettlement of the transferred masses, render assistance to the people in difficulties, search for lost contacts and the victims, compensate people for damaged vehicles and property, unblock traffic roads, and supervise market supply, and strive to solve the problems of the masses in the aftermath of the disaster, difficulties and problems faced. 

It is necessary to focus on recovery, the "two links and one row" must be cleared as soon as possible, and the "two clears and one elimination" must be vigorously tackled. The restoration and reconstruction of water-damaged projects must be put in the first place, fully launched, and key guarantees. Cordinate production recovery and do a good job in water damage farmland replanting, in-depth implementation of the "Ten Thousands of People Helping Ten Thousand Enterprises" activities, improving the assistance policies for disaster-stricken merchants, speeding up the resumption of work and production, and ensuring the stable operation of the economy.

Xu Liyi emphasized that to strengthen organizational leadership, party committees (party groups) at all levels must play the role of the core of leadership, party members and leading cadres must take the lead in setting examples and take the initiative; grassroots party organizations must give full play to their role as a fighting fortress, and the majority of party members must stand together with the masses. Together, work together, show the party's cohesion and combat effectiveness in the restoration and reconstruction. 

It is necessary to strengthen work coordination, strengthen the three-level linkage of cities, counties and townships, consolidate responsibilities at all levels, and ensure that various tasks are implemented as soon as possible and achieve good results. 

It is necessary to strengthen propaganda and guidance to further boost morale and gather the strength of all parties. All disciplines must be strictly enforced to ensure that all work is of high quality and efficiency in accordance with laws and regulations.

Mayor Hou Hong made specific arrangements for the comprehensive recovery and reconstruction work after the disaster, demanding that the normal living order of the masses be quickly restored, speeding up the "two connections and one row" clearing, and promoting the formation of a closed loop of the "two cleansing and one elimination" to ensure the smooth flow of urban and rural traffic, to ensure a stable and orderly market supply, so that people's lives will return to normal as soon as possible. 

It is necessary to quickly repair key infrastructure projects damaged by water, do a good job in the elimination and reinforcement of rivers and reservoirs, and spare no effort to repair national and provincial trunk highways, damaged tunnels, bridges and culverts, and collapsed pavements in urban areas, effectively resolve the risk of deep foundation pits, and ensure that water-damaged projects are repaired and put into use as soon as possible. 

It is necessary to quickly promote the resumption of work and production of enterprises, accelerate the resumption of agricultural production, and firmly stabilize the basic economic operation. It is necessary to quickly carry out condolences and assistance, so that the affected people can feel the care and love of the party committee and the government. 

It is necessary to quickly investigate and deal with potential safety hazards, and resolutely maintain the bottom line of safe production. It is necessary to quickly optimize the deployment of policy funds and personnel, coordinate the rescue forces of all parties, introduce policies that benefit the people and enterprises, and make good use of all kinds of support funds to win the tough battle of emergency rescue and post-disaster reconstruction.

Hu Quan, Zhang Yanming, Zhou Fuqiang, Yang Fuping, Niu Weiguo, Huang Qing, Du Xinjun, Bai Jiangmin and others attended the meeting.

The meeting was held in the form of video, and each development zone, district, county (city), and town (street) set up sub-venues.

(The original title was "Xu Liyi presided over the city's post-disaster comprehensive recovery work promotion meeting, emphasizing firm confidence, continuous combat, and resolutely winning the tough battle of rescue, disaster relief, recovery and reconstruction")