HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s agricultural sector must improve its capacity for disaster prevention and mitigation, Vice Premier Liu Guozhong said on Tuesday, according to the Xinhua news agency, also vowing more financial support to restore output after flooding.
Liu called for strengthening the monitoring of rainfall conditions to provide early warnings and enhancing defense capabilities against water and drought disasters in major water conservancy projects in China’s northeastern provinces.
His comments came as he was conducting an investigative trip in Liaoning and Jilin provinces in northeast China, Xinhua said.
Eight rivers in the provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, and the regions of Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang, along with other areas, experienced floods above the warning level on Aug. 13, state broadcaster CCTV reported, citing China’s Ministry of Water Resources.
Extreme rainfall in July drenched vast areas such as the…
