Rescuers get prepared for rescue operation at the earthquake-jolted Chenjia Village in Bonan-Dongxiang-Salar Autonomous County of Jishishan, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 19, 2023. The number of injured people from the 6.2-magnitude earthquake in northwest China's Gansu Province has risen to 782 in Gansu, with the death toll standing at 113 as of 9 a.m. on Wednesday, according to a press conference on Wednesday morning.
The earthquake has taken the lives of 18 people in Qinghai Province, local authorities said on Wednesday morning. (Xinhua/Ma Xiping)
A doctor cleans the wound for a child inside a mobile operation room at a temporary relocation site in Dahe Village of Bonan-Dongxiang-Salar Autonomous County of Jishishan, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 19, 2023. The Chinese government on Tuesday allocated 200 million yuan (about 28.18 million U.S. dollars) of funds to support disaster relief efforts in the earthquake-hit Gansu and Qinghai provinces.
Of the total, 150 million yuan will be used to support Gansu, while 50 million yuan will go to Qinghai, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management and the Ministry of Finance.
Disaster relief supplies, including tents, quilts and overcoats, have also been allocated to the two provinces. (Xinhua/Fang Xin)
This aerial photo taken on Dec. 19, 2023 shows mountains amid mist after a snowfall in a national forest park of Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province. (Photo by Wu Yongbing/Xinhua)
This aerial photo taken on Dec. 19, 2023 shows power supply technicians Yin Bin and Long Yujun returning to the power plant after checking the icing condition of the power transmission lines on Xihuang Mountain on the border between Zhijiang Dong Autonomous County and Mayang Miao Autonomous County of Huaihua, central China's Hunan Province. Due to the recent strong cold wave sweeping across Hunan Province, some power transmission lines crossing Xihuang Mountain experienced icing. Power supply technicians have been conducting daily inspections and maintenance work on power transmission facilities to ensure a reliable power supply. (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai)
A soldier conducts rescue work in Liuji Town of Bonan-Dongxiang-Salar Autonomous County of Jishishan, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 19, 2023. The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the People's Armed Police Force (PAPF) have deployed multiple rescue forces to quake-hit areas in response to a 6.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted northwest China's Gansu Province late Monday. (Photo by Hou Chonghui/Xinhua)
People inspect the damage after an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Dec. 19, 2023. The death toll of Palestinians from Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip has risen to 19,667, and 52,586 others were wounded since Oct. 7, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Tuesday. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)
This photo taken on Dec. 18, 2023 shows the construction site of the Alamein Downtown Towers Project in New Alamein City, Egypt. The Alamein Downtown Towers Project in Egypt's New Alamein City, a cooperation project under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has started capping its main structures.
A ceremony was held on Monday for the capping of the D01 residential building of the high-rise complex project, being constructed by the Egyptian branch of China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC Egypt). (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)
A staff member works at a manufacturing enterprise in Deqing County of Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 18, 2023. (Photo by Xie Shangguo/Xinhua)
This aerial photo taken on Dec. 19, 2023 shows a grand bridge of the Guanzhuang-Xinhua expressway in central China's Hunan Province. The expressway, connecting Huaihua, Changde, Yiyang and Loudi cities, was officially put into operation on Tuesday. The expressway has a length of 76.581 kilometers and a total of 106 bridges and 22 tunnels. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)
Medical workers check the condition of an injured person outside a hospital in Bonan-Dongxiang-Salar Autonomous County of Jishishan, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 19, 2023. The number of injured people from the 6.2-magnitude earthquake in northwest China's Gansu Province has risen to 782 in Gansu, with the death toll standing at 113 as of 9 a.m. on Wednesday, according to a press conference on Wednesday morning.
The earthquake has taken the lives of 18 people in Qinghai Province, local authorities said on Wednesday morning. (Xinhua/Ma Xiping)
