Xi calls for ‘resolute efforts’ to curb accidents, disasters
 updatetime:2020-03-31 19:22:08   Views:0 Source:chinadaily.com.cn

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Armed police forces work to put out a blaze at Lushan Mountain in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture in Southwest China"s Sichuan province, on March 31, 2020. [Photo by Li Jieyi/for chinadaily.com.cn]President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for resolute efforts to curb the momentum of accidents and disasters in an instruction made regarding the forest fire in Xichang, Southwest China's Sichuan province.

Xi, who also is general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, said all-out efforts must be made to safeguard lives and property.

The raging forest fire so far has killed 19 people who were fighting the fire, Xinhua News Agency reported.

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