China holds a variety of activities to mark National Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day
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Students take part in a fire emergency evacuation drill in Xinle City, Shijiazhuang, north China’s Hebei Province, May 11, 2026. A variety of activities were held across the country marking the upcoming National Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day. (Photo by Jia Minjie/Xinhua)
Children take part in an earthquake emergency evacuation drill under the guidance of a firefighter at a kindergarten in Yuping Dong Autonomous County of Tongren City, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, May 11, 2026. A variety of activities were held across the country marking the upcoming National Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day. (Photo by Hu Panxue/Xinhua)
A firefighter introduces firefighting and rescue equipment to students at a primary school in Wenxian County of Jiaozuo City, central China’s Henan Province, May 11, 2026. A variety of activities were held across the country marking the upcoming National Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day. (Photo by Xu Hongxing/Xinhua)
Students take part in an emergency evacuation drill under the guidance of firefighters in Guiyang, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, May 11, 2026. A variety of activities were held across the country marking the upcoming National Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day. (Photo by Yuan Fuhong/Xinhua)
A medical worker demonstrates cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for residents in Shijiazhuang, north China’s Hebei Province, May 11, 2026. A variety of activities were held across the country marking the upcoming National Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day. (Photo by Liang Zidong/Xinhua)
Students take part in an emergency evacuation drill at a primary school in Zaozhuang, east China’s Shandong Province, May 11, 2026. A variety of activities were held across the country marking the upcoming National Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day. (Photo by Sun Zhongzhe/Xinhua)
Students learn to use rescue knots under the guidance of a firefighter at Tianfu New Area, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, May 11, 2026. A variety of activities were held across the country marking the upcoming National Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day. (Photo by Weng Guangjian/Xinhua)
A firefighter teaches students to use fire extinguishers at a primary school in Huaying, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, May 11, 2026. A variety of activities were held across the country marking the upcoming National Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day. (Photo by Qiu Haiying/Xinhua)
A police officer teaches children water safety knowledge at a kindergarten in Leshan, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, May 11, 2026. A variety of activities were held across the country marking the upcoming National Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day. (Photo by Li Huashi/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on May 11, 2026 shows a member of the Blue Sky Rescue Team demonstrating cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at a primary school in Tangshan, north China’s Hebei Province. A variety of activities were held across the country marking the upcoming National Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day. (Photo by Zhu Dayong/Xinhua)
A firefighter uses a ladder truck to rescue a “trapped” student during an emergency evacuation drill at a primary school in Huzhou City, east China’s Zhejiang Province, May 11, 2026. A variety of activities were held across the country marking the upcoming National Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day. (Photo by Yi Fan/Xinhua)
A drone photo taken on May 11, 2026 shows police officers teaching children knowledge about vehicle blind spots at a kindergarten in Wuhu, east China’s Anhui Province. A variety of activities were held across the country marking the upcoming National Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day. (Photo by Xiao Benxiang/Xinhua)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
