Xi Jinping issued important instructions on the landslide in Zhenxiong County, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, requiring all efforts to search and rescue missing persons to prevent secondary disasters and ensure the safety of people's lives and property.

　　At about 6 o'clock on January 22, a landslide occurred in Liangshui Village, Tangfang Town, Zhenxiong County, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, causing 18 houses to be buried and 47 people missing.

　　After the disaster occurred, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attached great importance to it and issued important instructions, requiring that rescue forces be organized quickly, all-out efforts be made to search and rescue the missing persons, and efforts should be made to reduce casualties as much as possible.

It is necessary to strengthen monitoring and early warning, scientific search and rescue, and prevent secondary disasters.

It is necessary to properly do the work of comforting the families of the victims and resettling the affected people.

Xi Jinping emphasized that the Spring Festival is approaching, and the impact of cold wave weather is superimposed, making natural disasters, traffic accidents, work safety accidents, etc. prone to occur frequently. All regions and relevant departments must keep a close eye on risks and hidden dangers, consolidate the responsibilities of all parties, pay close attention to the implementation of work, and prevent and contain major disasters. In the event of casualties, we must ensure the safety of people's lives and property.

　　Li Qiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Premier of the State Council, issued instructions calling for all-out efforts to organize emergency rescues, race against time to search and rescue missing persons, and do our best to reduce casualties. At the same time, we will carefully investigate potential hazards of surrounding geological disasters, strengthen dangerous monitoring and early warning, and strictly prevent secondary disasters.

The incident occurred in a high-cold mountainous area and an ethnic minority area. The threatened people must be relocated as soon as possible, and resettlement work must be done properly to effectively protect the safety of people's lives and property and maintain overall social stability.

　　In accordance with Xi Jinping's instructions and Li Qiang's request, Zhang Guoqing, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, has led a working group to Yunnan to guide the search and rescue work. The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Emergency Management have initiated emergency response, and Yunnan Province and Zhaotong City have organized forces to carry out rescue.

Currently, all work is being carried out in an intense and orderly manner.