China News Service, January 23. After a 7.1-magnitude earthquake occurred in Wushi County, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang on January 23, the Ministry of Public Security attached great importance to it and immediately activated the emergency mechanism, deploying Xinjiang public security organs to go all out to carry out emergency rescue, traffic diversion, and public security. Maintenance and other work to effectively protect the safety of people's lives and property and maintain overall social stability.
The Xinjiang public security organs immediately launched emergency plans and emergency services, quickly carried out rescue and emergency response work, and worked with relevant departments to comprehensively investigate the safety conditions of houses, mines, communications and school students, promptly relocated and resettled trapped people, and strictly prevented In the event of a secondary disaster; comprehensively strengthen the maintenance of order in the disaster area, strengthen traffic diversion and social patrols, and provide targeted emotional soothing and psychological counseling for the masses.
The public security organs of the Aksu region and Kezhou gathered more than 6,650 civilian auxiliary police rescue forces and more than 730 vehicles to go deep into the severely affected areas, promptly discover and deal with various risks and hazards, assist in the transfer of trapped people, and continue to carry out emergency rescue work.
The local public security and traffic control departments inspected road traffic conditions across the board, promptly rescued trapped people and vehicles, and made every effort to maintain road traffic safety.
At the same time, a "green channel" for disaster relief was opened in a timely manner, and passing vehicles were diverted remotely to ensure the smooth passage of more than 170 batches of earthquake relief vehicles.
The National Immigration Administration made timely arrangements to investigate the disaster situation in border areas. The Aksu Prefecture and Kezhou Border Management Detachments sent more than 90 police officers to participate in the rescue work, assisting in the evacuation of more than 4,000 people, and making every effort to protect the safety of people's lives and property.