Jishishan, Gansu Province, December 19 (Xinhua) -- The people are supreme and every second counts.
Xinhua News Agency reporters Jiang Weichao and Song Jia.
At 23:59 on the 18th, 6Level 2**, causing significant personnel**. After the incident, the general secretary attached great importance to it and made important instructions, emphasizing that it is necessary to make every effort to carry out search and rescue, treat the injured in a timely manner, and minimize the number of personnel. In accordance with the spirit of the important instructions of the general secretary, all rescue forces should adhere to the supremacy of the people and the supremacy of life, make full use of every second in the "72 hours of rescue", go all out to do a good job in earthquake relief, and ensure the safety of people's lives and property to the greatest extent.
At present, the most urgent task is to save lives. We must insist on putting saving people in the first place, strive to overcome unfavorable conditions such as plateaus and high cold, organize professional forces to search and rescue missing people, do not let go of the investigation and search of any damaged house, and do not let go of every sign of life under the ruins. It is necessary to continue to increase the number of medical personnel, meticulously treat the injured, and do the utmost to save lives and reduce disability. At the same time, it is necessary to patiently and meticulously do a good job of comforting the families of the victims.
The disaster area is located at a high altitude and is hit by a cold wave, so we should pay special attention to the people who have been resettled due to the disaster. At present, all kinds of disaster relief materials have arrived in the disaster area one after another, and it is necessary to distribute the disaster relief materials to the masses as soon as possible, continue to mobilize cotton clothes, cotton tents, quilts, stoves and other cold heating materials, and ensure that the resettled people have safe temporary shelter, clean water to drink, hot meals to eat, cotton clothes to wear, and timely access to illness. In particular, it is necessary to ensure that the elderly, women, children, and other groups are well protected, and every effort is made to meet their living needs and give them more care.
At present, the power supply of the damaged backbone network circuit in the disaster area of Jishishan County, Gansu Province has been fully restored, and the power supply of users affected by this ** in Qinghai has been fully restored. The rescue forces of all parties should continue to pay close attention to repairing the damaged infrastructure, ensure the smooth flow of energy and communications in the disaster area, strengthen road traffic control, and give priority to ensuring the rapid passage of emergency rescue and disaster relief materials. It is necessary to closely monitor aftershocks and secondary derivative disasters, and investigate major hidden dangers such as sand surges, landslides, earthquake damage to reservoirs and dams, tunnel and bridge collapses, as well as seriously damaged houses, organize the transfer and evacuation of the masses, do a good job of safety vigilance and safety protection, and strictly prevent the occurrence of secondary disasters and new personnel.
Every disaster touches the hearts of the people of the whole country. As long as the whole country moves in unison and all sectors of society make concerted efforts, we will certainly be able to overcome difficulties and achieve a comprehensive victory in earthquake relief.