Xi chairs CPC leadership meeting on Gyirong County mudslide rescue efforts

习主席主持关于吉隆县泥石流救援行动的中共中央领导层会议

BEIJING, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) — Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Friday chaired a Party leadership meeting to deliberate and make arrangements on rescue and relief efforts after a devastating mudslide hit Gyirong County in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region.

中共中央总书记习近平本周五主持了党领导会议，审慎地讨论并部署了中国西藏自治区（位于西南部）吉隆县遭遇的灾难性泥石流的救援和救灾的工作。

At the beginning of the meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Xi, who is also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, and other leaders observed a moment of silence to mourn the victims of the disaster, which struck the border port of Gyirong on Wednesday.

According to the meeting, emergency rescue operations have been carried out swiftly and in an orderly and well-coordinated manner under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee, with comprehensive efforts underway for the resettlement of affected people and handling of the aftermath.

The disaster occurred in a severely cold plateau region with steep valleys, variable weather, many surrounding glaciers and glacial lakes, as well as potential geological hazards, which poses significant challenges to emergency rescue operations.

The meeting emphasized that all relevant authorities and departments must take resolute and effective measures for the rescue-related work. Search and rescue plans should be formulated in a scientific manner, and every effort should be made to search for and rescue all missing Chinese and foreign nationals, it stressed.

China will provide emergency aid to the disaster-hit area in Nepal and carry out international rescue cooperation, the meeting said.