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BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese leader Hu Jintao urged
governments at all levels to regard earthquake rescue and relief as
the top priority at a high profile meeting late Monday evening.
Hu, state President and General Secretary of the Central Committee
of the Communist Party of China (CPC), presided over the meeting of
the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the Central Committee of
the CPC. The meeting called on the army, armed police and
paramilitary forces, as well as medical personnel to go to the
quake-hit areas as soon as possible, and mount all-out efforts to
save the injured and reduce the impact caused by the havoc.
Monday's quake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Wenchuan
County, Sichuan Province in southwest China at 2:28 p.m., resulting
in nearly 9,000 deaths reported so far. Tremors were also reported
in over half of China's provinces and municipalities, according to
the China Seismological Bureau.
The meeting demanded sufficient supply of food, medicine, clothes
and tents to the quake-hit areas and that telecommunication, power
and water supplies and transportation access must be restored as
soon as possible.
Local governments should keep a close watch on the latest
development of the earthquake and its aftershocks, and guard against
earthquake-induced disasters causing new casualties.
Those who spread rumors to sabotage disaster relief work would be
dealt with according to China's laws and regulations.
The meeting decided to set up a disaster relief headquarters with
Premier Wen Jiabao as head, and Li Keqiang and Hui Liangyu, both
vice premiers, as deputy heads.
The meeting called on all party members in the quake-hit areas to
devote themselves to protect the interests of the public on the
front line of disaster relief work.
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