China News Service, Beijing, March 11 (Reporter Zhang Suma Shuaisha) "Jishishan stood up strongly from the ruins of the earthquake." Ma Xiuying, deputy director of the Nursing Department of Jishishan County People's Hospital, Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province 11 He said this at the third "Delegates' Channel" of the Second Session of the 14th National People's Congress on the 2nd.

  On December 18, 2023, a 6.2-magnitude earthquake occurred in Jishishan County.

"A violent shaking shook me out of my sleep," Ma Xiuying recalled. The "three-nine-day" cold wind was biting, but more than 600 medical staff from the hospital were on duty half an hour after the earthquake and began to provide treatment.

  9 hours after the earthquake, the affected people had hot meals, 10 hours opened the main highway, 15 hours completed comprehensive search and rescue work, 17 hours communications were fully restored, 19 hours the power grid was fully restored; central reserves, provincial rescue, supplies from various places arrived, tents were erected Wake up, the hot beef noodles are out of the pot...

  This person who has witnessed the earthquake relief said that what we witness in critical moments is the "China speed" racing against time and fighting against the severe cold. What we witness is the "China power" that is in trouble when one side is in trouble and receives support from all sides.

  According to incomplete statistics, the Jishishan earthquake damaged the houses of approximately 148,000 households in Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province, and Haidong City, Qinghai Province.

During this year’s National Two Sessions, NPC deputies from Gansu and Qinghai introduced the progress of post-disaster reconstruction.

  "I will go to Jishi Mountain after I go back." On March 10, Hu Changsheng, deputy to the National People's Congress and secretary of the Gansu Provincial Party Committee, said in an interview that the local area is working hard to rebuild after the disaster and will go all out to ensure safety, comfort, and safety. Beautiful new farmhouse built.

  At an open group meeting held by the Gansu delegation on the same day, He Dong, a representative of the National People's Congress and governor of Linxia Prefecture in Gansu Province, said that the post-disaster recovery and reconstruction of Jishishan has officially entered the planning implementation and project promotion stage, and that all reconstruction projects in Linxia Prefecture will be completed in March. Fully started construction in mid-month, "to ensure that people can move in before the National Day and spend the winter in their new homes."

  On the 7th of this month, the Qinghai delegation held an open group meeting. Wang Huajie, a representative of the National People's Congress and mayor of Haidong City, Qinghai Province, said that the earthquake damaged the houses of about 38,000 people in Haidong.

He said that the repair and reinforcement project of damaged houses will be completed by the end of July, and the reconstruction of collapsed houses will be completed by the end of October, ensuring that all affected people will move into new homes by the end of this year.

  Wang Huajie showed the design drawings of resettlement sites, schools, and house floor plans to Chinese and foreign media, and emphasized that these "were modified after soliciting the opinions of the people." The people are full of expectations for a new life and a new home.

  Whether ordinary people can live with peace of mind depends on their livelihood.

He Dong said that relevant departments have introduced a package of measures to ensure spring plowing; in response to the problem of raising livestock, they have proposed the "one household, one circle" strategy; and for young people, they have proposed the "one household, one store" model.

He also said that it is necessary to ensure that the income of people in Jishishan this year is higher than last year.

  "Spring fills Longyuan, and all hardships come with joy." March 11th coincides with the "dragon raises its head" on the second day of the second lunar month. Ma Xiuying, wearing the traditional costume of the Baoan people, confidently said that this spring in Jishi Mountain will be full of vitality.

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