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ChemChina lauded for exemplary relief work

(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-06-11 11:22

On the afternoon of May 15, over 1,000 PLA rescuers finally reached the Qingping phosphate mine. More than 3,000 workers and their family members, as well as some villagers, were evacuated to safer places.

As there were 15 seriously injured people who were unable to walk, some Communist Party members volunteered to stay at the mine to look after the injured.

By 4:25 pm on May 20, a PLA helicopter had carried the last group of 14 workers trapped in the mine to a safe place.

An army officer who participated in the rescue work at the mine said: "It is the first time we saw such an orderly and organized disaster site. Their efforts greatly facilitated our further rescue work."

Through their relentless efforts, Qingping phosphate mine staff also saved 182 villagers in neighboring areas and repaired a 7-km stretch of highway.

In addition, the mine set up a rescue station at Hanwang township to offer food and medicine to its workers as well as neighboring villagers.

The Deyang municipal government profusely praised the mine's contribution in the city's relief work.

Another seriously damaged ChemChina subsidiary was the Southwest Chemical Machinery Company near Shifang, in Deyang city. The quake killed three people and injured more than 300 in the company.

Ninety-five percent of the company's buildings were damaged, resulting in a direct economic loss of more than 80 million yuan and indirect economic loss of more than 50 million yuan.

After the earthquake, the leaders of the company held an emergency meeting and established six task forces, responsible for medical aid, daily life supplies, energy restoration, hygiene and epidemic prevention, security and resumption of production.

Other subsidiaries of ChemChina also made their own contributions to the relief work.

The Guilin Latex Factory, a ChemChina subsidiary enterprise in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, donated 100,000 pairs of medical gloves (worth 150,000 yuan) to the quake zone.

The Zhonghao Chenguang Research Institute of Chemical Industry in Zigong, despite being damaged itself, provided 10 tons of purified drinking water to the disaster area on May 14.

"We are confident that we will finally win the battle of earthquake relief under the leadership of the central government," said Ren.

"And we have already begun planning reconstruction work."

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