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Xi stresses braving challenges in fighting floods to ensure safety of people's lives, property

Photo taken on July 11, 2020 shows rescuers transferring stranded people by boat in Rongshui, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang) BE

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Rescue work underway as downpour batters parts of China

01:29 Heavy downpours have severely hit southern, central and eastern parts of China, with the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River worst affected.Weeks of hea

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China's largest fresh water lake hits record-high water level

Poyang Lake, China's largest freshwater lake located in the eastern province of Jiangxi, has seen its water level rise to a record high at midnight Sunday, according t

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China's Yangtze River flood response raised to second highest

Chinese authorities on Friday raised the emergency response for flood control in the Yangtze River and riverside areas to Level II, the second highest in the response

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China's Yangtze River on alert for floods

The Yangtze River water resources commission on Thursday issued an orange alert for flooding in the middle and lower reaches of the longest river in China, as continuou

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Across China: River town in east China unitedly combats flooding

Though incessant downpours continue to wreak havoc in many parts of China, Cheng Hainan and his fellow villagers in Jiangzhou Town in the city of Jiujiang, east China'

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China's Qinghai transmits over 10 bln kWh clean energy-generated electricity in H1

Qinghai, a province in northwest China that is rich in green energy, transmitted 10.23 billion kWh of electricity generated by clean energy out of the province in the

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China urges implementation of Yangtze River fishing ban

China called for solid efforts to implement the fishing ban in the Yangtze River basin, and ensure the livelihoods of affected fishermen after they bid farewell to nets

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Major reservoir in east China opens all spillways to fight flood

The Xin'an River Reservoir, an important flood control project in the upper reaches of the Qiantang River, has opened all nine of its spillways to lower the crest of l

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Chinese state councilor stresses emergency response for flood control

State Councilor Wang Yong has called for all-out efforts to strengthen detection and emergency responses in the battle against floods to ensure people's safety. Wang,

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Three Gorges Dam mitigates Yangtze flood

The Three Gorges Dam in Hubei, China has helped mitigate flooding in the Yangtze River, China's longest river.The Three Gorges Dam on Thursday saw the arrival of the Ya

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Major reservoir opens spillways first time in 9 years to discharge flood in east China

The Xin'an River Reservoir, an important flood control project in the upper reaches of the Qiantang River, opened spillways for the first time in nine years on Tuesday

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More Chinese regions up flood response levels

Several provincial-level regions have upgraded their flood response levels, as of Monday, after heavy rains swelled rivers and lakes in many parts of China. East China

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Discover China: Mega hydropower project to power development in southwest China

A major hydropower project, with its first group of electricity-generation units put into operation in June, is benefiting local people while injecting vitality into th

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Online photography exhibition documents unforgettable moments in the global fight against the pandemic

For Duan Wei and his colleagues at China Pictorial magazine, June 29 is a special day. On that day, a collection of photographs they took when they spent 64 days in Wuhan, central China, was displayed

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Chinese regions raise flood response levels

Several Chinese regions on Sunday raised the flooding response levels as heavy rains continue and water levels in local rivers and lakes keep rising. The Anhui provinc

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China upgrades emergency response to floods

China upgraded its emergency response for flood control from level IV to level III on Saturday, according to the Ministry of Water Resources, as incessant downpours co