Repair crews and volunteers have been busy repairing flood-damaged roads, restoring communication lines and carrying out essential disinfection work in disaster-hit villages of Huludao in northeast China’s Liaoning province, after deadly rains swept through the region last week.
Torrential rains that began last Tuesday have left at least 11 people dead and 14 others missing in Huludao. Jianchang and Suizhong counties are the worst hit. The floods have caused significant damage to roads, power and telecommunications networks, homes and farmland.
Workers have repaired over 1,000 affected sections of rural roads in Jianchang County and reopened all damaged sections.
Rescue teams continued to clear and repair smaller access roads to villages.
The floods also caused significant damage to communications lines, cutting off many villages from the outside world. Repair crews, including those from the country’s largest telecom operator, China Mobile, are working around the clock to restore vital services to rural communities.
“Our team at China Mobile is working non-stop to handle the situation. Some villages are so badly damaged that the lines need to be completely rebuilt. We have deployed over 3,000 people to meet this challenge. While most of the network has been restored, some areas still require targeted efforts to complete the restoration,” said Li Minghua, an employee at China Mobile’s Jianchang branch.
To prevent the potential risk of disease spread following the severe flooding, Jianchang County has also taken measures to disinfect rural roads and street shops. Health authorities have also sent emergency medical supplies to ensure residents have access to essential medicines.
“After the floods, we sanitized and disinfected the area to protect the villagers. Our focus is on cleaning underground spaces, especially controlling rodents and their nests. If the water flushes them out, they can enter the village and pose a health hazard,” said a volunteer who carried out the disinfection work.
Efforts are underway to restore communications and repair roads in the storm-hit northeastern Chinese city
China will begin introducing revised textbooks for three compulsory school disciplines in the coming fall semester, the Chinese Ministry of Education announced on Tuesday.
The revisions on ethics and the rule of law, Chinese and history include new archaeological findings in researching the origins of Chinese civilization, as well as content to improve education in the areas of national security and the rule of law, the Ministry of Education said. At the same time, the revisions have reduced the difficulty level of Chinese language teaching.
The new textbooks will be used in the first grades of primary and secondary schools this year. All grades of the nine-year compulsory education will be covered within three years, the Ministry of Education said. The ministry began revising the textbooks in March 2022, involving over 200 experts from universities, research institutions and primary and secondary schools.
The Ministry of Education said the revised textbooks had been used on a trial basis in over 550 schools across the country, involving more than 2,000 teachers and 100,000 students.
All teachers who use the revised textbooks in class must complete training by the end of August, the Ministry of Education said.
China introduces revised textbooks for compulsory education
