Hong Kong media: As the weather continues to be drought, the workers of the well help Chinese farmers to save crops

Hong Kong's "Asian Financial" magazine website on August 28, original title: As the weather continues to dry, the workers to help Chinese farmers to save the crops in the central part of China are taking emergency measures to support farmers who have suffered severe drought. From the Qinghai -Tibet Plateau to the majority of the Yangtze River Basin, it swept half of China. In some parts of the Yangtze River Basin, this heat wave has lasted for 70 days. In order to supply water in crops in severe affected areas, the well team has been playing wells.

There have been some good news in recent days. On August 24, the State Council of China allocated 10 billion yuan in funds to help rice farmers fight drought. In addition, the typhoon "saddle" brought heavy rain to Guangdong and Hong Kong on the morning of the 25th, and helped to cool down the southern regions such as Jiangxi and Anhui Province. In the evening of the day, some areas of Sichuan are said to have rainfall, and droughts have also eased. However, there seems to be a limited area with abundant rainfall. In the next few days, high temperatures in the Yangtze River Basin in Sichuan and west of Shanghai.

Earlier this month, China announced the start of drought emergency response. On August 24th, Jiangxi Province increased the level of anti -drought emergency response from level 3 to level 4 (it was actually increased from level 4 to three -editors' note). The province is one of the 13 main food regions of China. "All these villages are particularly arid," (last) Saturday led a well -playing team in Dashan Village, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province. Work for more than 15 hours. "(Author Jim Polrad)

Pakistan's joint news agency on August 28, original topic: China allocated 10 billion yuan for drought resistance and grain production last Friday (August 26), the Ministry of Finance urgently arranged a central reserve fee of 10 billion yuan to support doing doing it Good work such as drought resistance and Baoqiu grain. Among them, 6.5 billion yuan will be used for water conservancy to resist drought, ensuring that the people drink water and agricultural irrigation water. In addition, 3.5 billion yuan will be used for Baoqiu grain production. These funds will be mainly used to support the recovery of agricultural production such as fuel, pesticides, seeds, etc., and add subsidies to the mixed pharmaceuticals that improve the drought resistance of crops. The Ministry of Finance also requires all localities to make a timely allocation of central financial disaster relief funds, further strengthen fund management, and coordinate related tasks such as drought resistance and disaster prevention and stability. (Translated by Ding Yuqing)

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