China News Service, September 5th. According to the official Weibo news of the Sichuan Provincial Emergency Management Department on the 5th, in response to the severe disaster caused by the 6.8 magnitude earthquake in Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, according to the "Sichuan Province Natural Disaster Relief Emergency Plan (Trial)" Regulations , the Sichuan Provincial Disaster Reduction Committee decided to upgrade the second-level emergency response to natural disasters in Sichuan Province to the first-level emergency response.

Screenshot of the official Weibo of Sichuan Provincial Emergency Management Department