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Drought relief team dispatched to north China

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The central government on Thursday sent a special work team to north China's autonomous regions of Inner Mongolia and Ningxia Hui, as well as the northwestern province of Gansu, to make inspection and direct local relief work as a lingering drought continues to plague those areas.

A severe drought that has lasted since March this year has impacted about 11.67 million people and 3.62 million livestock in the regions, according to a joint report issued by the National Commission for Disaster Reduction (NCDR) and the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

The drought has also affected the harvest of nearly 2.4 million hectares of cropland, with 300,000 hectares bearing no crops at all, the report said.

The government initiated a level-four emergency response plan on Wednesday to cope with the drought. The fourth level is the lowest in the country's emergency response system.

The national meteorological administration has forecasted light to moderate rains in northwestern regions next week.

The limited amount of rainfall, however, will only have an effect on farmlands, as it will not be enough to provide drinking water for humans and livestock, the report said.