China’s top economic planner said on Thursday it has allocated 200 million yuan (about $28 million) from the country’s central budget to aid disaster relief and restoration work in the flood-hit northeastern provinces of Liaoning and Jilin.
<img src='https://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-08-23/China-allocates-200-million-yuan-to-flood-hit-northeastern-regions-1wijjiLVt6M/img/38d75729c19d40bc9b72fc53d60219c3/38d75729c19d40bc9b72fc53d60219c3.jpeg' alt='Workers clean up sludge by the Songhua River in Jilin City, Jilin Province, northeast China, August 21, 2024. /CFP'
The funds will be used for the emergency restoration of dikes, road traffic, schools and hospitals affected or damaged by flooding in the two provinces, according to the National Development and Reform Commission.
Parts of Liaoning and Jilin were recently hit by torrential rains, disrupting power, communication and transportation.
(Cover: A rescue team repairs a road washed away by flood in Huludao City, Liaoning Province, northeast China, August 22, 2024. /CFP)
