Local authorities conduct disaster relief after torrential rains in Tumd Left Banner, Inner Mongolia

People play Go game, known as Weiqi in Chinese, at a temporary shelter in Tumd Left Banner of Hohhot, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 1, 2025. Recent torrential rains have caused flooding in Tumd Left Banner, resulting in the evacuation of 17,000 residents. Local authorities have set up 22 temporary shelters and provided daily necessities such as beds, food, drinking water, and medicines to flood-affected people. (Xinhua/Bei He)

People play Xiangqi, a traditional Chinese board game also known as the Chinese chess, at a temporary shelter in Tumd Left Banner of Hohhot, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 1, 2025. Recent torrential rains have caused flooding in Tumd Left Banner, resulting in the evacuation of 17,000 residents. Local authorities have set up 22 temporary shelters and provided daily necessities such as beds, food, drinking water, and medicines to flood-affected people. (Xinhua/Bei He)

A staff member (1st R) helps a resident at a temporary shelter in Tumd Left Banner of Hohhot, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 1, 2025. Recent torrential rains have caused flooding in Tumd Left Banner, resulting in the evacuation of 17,000 residents. Local authorities have set up 22 temporary shelters and provided daily necessities such as beds, food, drinking water, and medicines to flood-affected people. (Xinhua/Bei He)

Medical workers (L) offer free consultation services at a temporary shelter in Tumd Left Banner of Hohhot, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 1, 2025. Recent torrential rains have caused flooding in Tumd Left Banner, resulting in the evacuation of 17,000 residents. Local authorities have set up 22 temporary shelters and provided daily necessities such as beds, food, drinking water, and medicines to flood-affected people. (Xinhua/Bei He)

Workers fill sandbags outside a village in Tumd Left Banner of Hohhot, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 1, 2025. Recent torrential rains have caused flooding in Tumd Left Banner, resulting in the evacuation of 17,000 residents. Local authorities have set up 22 temporary shelters and provided daily necessities such as beds, food, drinking water, and medicines to flood-affected people. (Xinhua/Bei He)

A water pump drains flood water outside a village in Tumd Left Banner of Hohhot, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 1, 2025. Recent torrential rains have caused flooding in Tumd Left Banner, resulting in the evacuation of 17,000 residents. Local authorities have set up 22 temporary shelters and provided daily necessities such as beds, food, drinking water, and medicines to flood-affected people. (Xinhua/Bei He)

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Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

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.…