Floods: How Beijing plans to deal with t • Table.Briefings

An entire park under water: flooding in the city of Huai’an, Jiangsu province

Following the devastating floods in many parts of the country in recent weeks, the Chinese leadership has pledged more aid for agriculture and called on local governments to step up their disaster prevention efforts.

After the devastating floods, the Chinese government promised more financial aid to the agricultural sector. Deputy Prime Minister Liu Guozhong also called on the agricultural sector to increase its efforts to prevent and mitigate disasters, as the official news agency Xinhua reported.

Floods: How Beijing plans to deal with the effects of climate change

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