A man paddles a raft along a flooded street in Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on June 18, 2024. The local Lijiang River overflowed due to recent downpours, causing floods in some sections of the city. - Photo provided to China Daily
BEIJING: President Xi Jinping has urged an all-out response to the recent floods and drought conditions that have hit different regions across the country, saying that utmost efforts must be made in the search for and rescue of missing and trapped individuals and the resettlement of affected residents.
Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, highlighted in an instruction published on Tuesday (June 18) the importance of maintaining normal production and daily routines and minimising disaster losses to the greatest extent possible.
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