August 7, 2023, Three-Minute News

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2023-08-07

1) The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Emergency Management have again pre-allocated 350 million yuan to support flood control and disaster relief efforts in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, and other areas in Northeast China.

2) Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing emphasized the need to strengthen dykes and ensure safe flood discharge while guiding flood control and disaster relief efforts in Tianjin, stressing the importance of decisively winning the battle against floods and disaster relief.

3) [Legal] Tang Rongke, Party Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Region Tibetan Hospital, is under disciplinary review and supervisory investigation. Wang Yuhong, former deputy director of the CPPCC Proposal Committee of Shanxi Province, has been expelled from the Party. Cao Yu, former full-time external director of Shanxi State-owned Capital Operation Co., Ltd. and Wanjiazhai Water Conservancy Holding Group Co., Ltd., has been expelled from the Party and removed from public office. The Hunan Provincial People's Procuratorate has legally arrested Tu Bibo, former vice mayor of Changde City, on suspicion of bribery. Zhang Guang, vice president of Beihang University, is under disciplinary review and supervisory investigation. A public official in Shaanxi Province was arrested and expelled from the Party after drunk driving caused two deaths and two injuries.

4) The Ministry of Water Resources has raised the emergency response level for flood control in Inner Mongolia, Jilin, and Heilongjiang from Level IV to Level III. The Ministry of Water Resources: Over 50 rivers across the country have experienced flooding above warning levels.

5) On August 6, the Ministry of Emergency Management, together with the National Grain and Materials Reserve Bureau, allocated 9,000 family emergency kits to support flood control and disaster relief in Tianjin, Jilin, and Heilongjiang.

6) A 5.5-magnitude earthquake occurred in Pingyuan County, Dezhou City, Shandong Province at 2:33 am on August 6, with a focal depth of 10 kilometers. The State Council's Earthquake Relief Command Office and the Ministry of Emergency Management launched a national level-four emergency response to the earthquake, and a working group was sent to the earthquake site in Pingyuan County, Shandong Province. The Ministry of Emergency Management debunked rumors that so-called earthquake clouds have no connection with earthquakes.

7) With a cumulative gas production of 1.2 million cubic meters, China has made another breakthrough in the exploration of deep coalbed methane in Southwest China.

8) [Military] More than 10,000 officers and soldiers and militiamen from the Central Theater Command continue to fight on the front lines of flood control and disaster relief. The selection and admission work for the 2023 naval flight cadets has been completed. On August 5, the Chinese Coast Guard expelled a Philippine vessel that illegally entered the waters near Ren'ai Reef.

9) [Hong Kong and Macao] Paul Chan, Financial Secretary of Hong Kong, stated that more than 25 technology companies have set up or expanded their operations in Hong Kong, with investments exceeding 17 billion Hong Kong dollars.

10) [Taiwan] The dengue fever epidemic in Taiwan continues to intensify, with the cumulative number of cases exceeding 1,000. The first "Fujian Province Taiwan Compatriots Home Association Station" was established at the Ningde branch of Xiamen Bank. The fifth anniversary of Fujian's water supply to Kinmen was marked by the premiere of the original play "Drinking from the Same River" on August 5 in Fuzhou.

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