China News Service, July 30. On the afternoon of July 30, the Ministry of National Defense held a regular press conference. Ren Guoqiang, deputy director of the Ministry of National Defense Information Bureau and spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense, said that since the flood season this year, floods have occurred in many provinces across the country. disaster. The whole army moved in response to the "flood," bravely shouldering heavy responsibilities, and went all out to carry out rescue and disaster relief work, and achieved positive results.
As of July 28, the People’s Liberation Army and the Armed Police Force had dispatched a total of 725,000 person-times, organized 228,500 person-times of militia, dispatched 7,749 boats, 54116 construction machinery and vehicles, participated in 3749 rescue operations, and assisted local governments in relocating 137,000 people affected by the disaster. There were 4,560 tons of people, 4,560 tons of materials to be transported, more than 11.8 million sandbags were filled, more than 3,800 pipes were blocked, 900 kilometers of dams were reinforced, and 224 kilometers of roads were seized.