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BEIJING, March 2 (Xinhua) -- China's forestry and grassland authority on Monday urged efforts to prevent the spread of desert locusts as the destructive migratory pests may enter the country from...

BEIJING, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- China has used artificial means to boost 350 million tonnes of precipitation to lower the risks of forest fires and ease drought, sources with the China Meteorological...

BEIJING — The central government has offered financial support worth 30 million yuan (about $4.37 million) for quake relief in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. An emergency...

Editor: Lu Hui BEIJING, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Natural disasters incurred 327.1 billion yuan (about 47.5 billion U.S. dollars) in direct economic losses across China last year, according to the Ministry...

Editor: Shi Yinglun JUBA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- China is providing 500,000 U.S. dollars in cash and food aid worth 1.5 million dollars as part of emergency humanitarian support to the flood-affected...

Editor: ZX BEIJING, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- A mobile application for disaster relief has been launched in China to enhance its capacity for disaster prevention, mitigation and relief with the help of...

Editor: Lu Hui BEIJING, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Natural disasters affected about 23.1 million people in China last month, with 21 killed and 304,000 relocated, according to the Ministry of Emergency...

Editor: mingmei HEFEI, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- East China's Anhui Province on Saturday raised its drought emergency response to level III as the worst dry spell in decades showed no signs of abating and...

Editor: mingmei BEIJING, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) on Thursday allocated a total of 418 million yuan (about 59.7 million U.S. dollars)...

Editor: Li Xia NANJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Moderate to severe meteorological drought conditions have lingered in many places in east China's Jiangsu Province since autumn, the provincial...