At 7:27 (Beijing time) on August 9, 2017, a 6.6-magnitude
earthquake struck Jinghe County, Bortala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture at a
depth of 11 km. At present, the earthquake has injured 32 persons, including 2
seriously wounded persons, and destroyed 142 houses. Earthquake relief work is
still in progress.
Disaster is merciless but love is boundless. As a local SOE of Xinjiang, the XCCG shares a common fate with the affected people of Jinghe County. After the disaster fell, XCCG Jing’a Project Directorate attached great importance to the disaster and organized the entire staff to convene an earthquake relief meeting for deployment; collected real-time messages related to the disaster, quickly established an earthquake rescue team and actively purchased tents, drinking water, cotton quilts and other relief supplies urgently needed by the disaster-hit areas, according to the disaster information provided by the Red Cross Society of Jinghe County, and delivered them to the local Red Cross Society.
Minds act upon minds, and feelings are shared by all. Plenty of relief supplies loaded with the loving care of XCCG staff were delivered to the disaster-hit areas. Vice President Feng of the Red Cross Society of Jinghe County said that the relief supplies from XCCG were provided in the nick of time and that the Red Cross will immediately deliver them to the affected people of the disaster-hit areas. Vice President Feng also expressed sincere gratitude to XCCG for its care and attention and extended greetings to XCCG on behalf of all the affected people. Project Party Secretary Ba Dai mentioned that rescue and relief work is the unshakable duty of XCCG and that they would constantly pay attention to the situation in the affected area of Jinghe County and be prepared to go to the front line of earthquake relief work at any time and make a positive contribution to the disaster-hit areas.
