China Activates High-Level Emergency Response at Gyirong Border Port, Mobilizes Major Relief and Reconstruction Support

Dragon Media News Desk

Chinese authorities have launched extensive rescue and relief operations after the impact of the severe natural disaster in Nepal reached Gyirong Port in China’s Xizang Autonomous Region.

China’s Ministry of Natural Resources activated a Level-II emergency response for geological disasters, the second-highest level in the country’s four-tier emergency response system. A special working team was also dispatched to the affected area to guide rescue operations and help prevent secondary disasters such as further landslides.

The National Commission for Disaster Prevention, Reduction and Relief, together with the Ministry of Emergency Management, also activated a Level-II emergency response for disaster relief.

Chinese central authorities have arranged 30,000 relief items to support evacuation, temporary resettlement and emergency assistance. The supplies include tents, stoves, clothing, quilts, folding beds and moisture-proof mats.

China’s Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Emergency Management allocated 120 million yuan, approximately US$17.69 million, in central natural disaster relief funds to support emergency rescue and disaster relief operations in Xizang.

In addition, the National Development and Reform Commission allocated another 100 million yuan from the central budget to support emergency recovery and post-disaster reconstruction.

This brings the initial central financial support mobilized for emergency relief and reconstruction to at least 220 million yuan.

According to local emergency authorities in Gyirong County, roads leading to the border port from the Chinese side have been cut off, while telecommunications and electricity supplies have also been disrupted.

Gyirong Port is one of the major land gateways connecting China and Nepal and plays an important role in bilateral trade, transportation, tourism and people-to-people exchanges.

Chinese authorities are now prioritizing rescue operations, evacuation of affected residents, relief distribution, restoration of roads and communications, and measures to prevent secondary geological disasters.

The cross-border nature of the disaster has also highlighted the growing importance of rapid information sharing and coordination between Nepal and China on weather conditions, river flows, geological risks and emergency response.