unity is strength,quake relief efforts
For this year,China is "an extraordinary one." First,the 2008 Spring Festival frozen snowstorm,followed by the Olympic torch relay encountered resistance,Tibet vandalism incident,then followed by children in Anhui hand foot mouth disease and the spread of Shandong Jiaoji Railway crash,is now facing the de-adly Wenchuan Earthquake.From this perspective,the 2008 China is indeed troubled year.However,from another perspective,2008 is for the people of China surmount tide over the difficulties of the year.Sichuan magnitude 8 earthquake alerted the world,the fate of the people of disaster areas also affect the 1.3 billion Chinese people's heart.SiChuan Wenchuan earthquake,the China Seismological Bureau has launched a plan.12 by the China Seismological Bureau,a unit of the Beijing Military Region,150 and the Armed Police Corps General Hospital 22-member national earthquake disaster emergency rescue teams have rushed to the disaster areas Wenchuan,is responsible for search,rescue and medical tasks.China's Air Force today dispatched 22 military transport planes to the earthquake-stricken area in Sichuan air more than 6,000 paratroopers and four command vehicles,the implementation of Mianzhu,County,in north-earthquake relief mission.Ministry of Civil Affairs has allocated 25,000 emergency relief tents support Sichuan disaster areas and other relief supplies are being mobilized in transport.And the community,many enterprises in China Red Cross Society of China,Sichuan is also assistance.The State Council declared a three-day period of national mourning for the quake victims starting from May 19th,2008.The Chinese National Flag will be raised at half mast to express mourning.At 14:28 CST on May 19,2008,a week after the earthquake,the Chinese public recreational activities were also halted vehicles,including the torch relay.vessels,trains,and air-defense alarms will sound,followed by a 3-minutes silence.The face of disaster,unity is strength.When the 1.3 billion Chinese people side by side,hand in hand,any difficulties are temporary,and that any disaster can be overcome!
