The "best" of Wenchuan earthquake: sadness and emotion coexist.

China News Service, May 17 Comprehensive report, the "512" Wenchuan earthquake has entered the sixth day. This disaster, which is "the most destructive and widespread since the founding of the People's Republic of China", has brought warmth and emotion to the people in the disaster-stricken areas in great pain because of the "strong, orderly and effective" struggle of the government, army and people of China and the care and assistance of all countries in the world.

The most destructive and widespread earthquake disaster since the founding of the People's Republic of China-16, Wen Jiabao, Premier of the State Council and Commander-in-Chief of the State Council Earthquake Relief Headquarters, said in an interview with some central media that the Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan was the biggest earthquake since the founding of the People's Republic of China, surpassing the Tangshan earthquake.

By 2: 00 pm on 17, the earthquake had killed 2,8881person and injured nearly 200,000 people.

The economic losses caused by the earthquake are not yet fully counted, but at 4 o'clock this afternoon, the Ministry of Agriculture announced that more than 500,000 mu of crops have been affected in the disaster area, and a large number of crops harvested in summer cannot be harvested. Hundreds of thousands of mu of farmland have been destroyed, and it is estimated that100000 to1500000 mu of rice will be forced to replant dry land crops. Rural labor force and agricultural productivity suffered serious losses. ...

According to preliminary statistics, up to now, the national highway infrastructure loss caused by Wenchuan earthquake has reached13 billion yuan.

China's army has set a new record for disaster relief. After the earthquake, the People's Liberation Army and the Armed Police Force quickly mobilized their strongest forces for disaster relief. Up to now, * * * has dispatched more than 40,000 troops (police)/kloc-0, involving major military regions and armed police forces, including more than 20 specialized arms, all of which have set a historical record for China's military to resist disasters.

The largest air rescue operation-As of the early morning of 17, 99 helicopters were used and more than 300 sorties were flown in this earthquake relief operation. Xu qiliang, commander of the Air Force, said that this is a non-combat airlift operation with the largest number of planes, the greatest flight intensity and the fastest response speed in the history of the Air Force;

On May 15, the National Disaster Reduction Center used drones for aerial photography in Beichuan County for the first time, and obtained clear photos of the disaster area.

At present, 30 civilian helicopters from all over the country are responsible for transporting relief supplies and the wounded, making it the largest and fastest rescue operation in China's civil aviation history.

Foreign rescue teams participated in disaster relief for the first time-/kloc-At noon on 0/7, the second Japanese rescue team arrived in Qingchuan, which was the fifth batch of foreign rescue teams in the earthquake-stricken area.

At present, there are rescue teams from Japan, Russia, Singapore and South Korea in the earthquake-stricken areas. Li Wenliang, Counselor of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that this is the first time in the history of China that foreign professional rescuers have participated in disaster relief. /kloc-3 1 Japanese professional rescuers who arrived in Sichuan in the early morning of June 6 became the first foreign rescue teams to enter the earthquake-stricken areas.

The largest number of donations, the most enthusiastic-as of the afternoon of 17 1, the national * * * received donations of 6.23 billion yuan from all walks of life at home and abroad (including donations of 5183 million yuan), and a day ago, this figure was still 3175 million yuan (including donations)

According to the news from the Red Cross Society of China, after the May 12 earthquake, the long queues of units and individuals who volunteered to donate money and materials to the Red Cross Society were overwhelming.

An official of China's Ministry of Civil Affairs said: This nationwide disaster relief operation is "unprecedented" in terms of its strong and rapid response, huge donations and rapid growth.

As of 6: 00 a.m. on 17, 247 special trains for earthquake relief have been opened by the railway, which have delivered caring and warm relief materials to the disaster-stricken areas.

Donating blood to the victims has also become a nationwide large-scale spontaneous action. According to the news from the website of the Ministry of Health, as of 0: 00 on 17, the total blood inventory of blood stations in various disaster areas in Sichuan Province exceeded 3 million ml, and there was no shortage of blood supply. The stocks of blood preparation centers all over the country are still relatively sufficient.

The the State Council Press Office, the largest and most assured medical team, announced this afternoon that as of 8 pm on the 16th, 34,000 first-line medical staff had participated in the medical treatment and disease prevention work of earthquake relief in Sichuan Province, and 12,867 emergency vehicles had been dispatched to treat more than 110,000 wounded people in various hospitals. At present, there are no reports of serious infectious diseases and public emergencies in the disaster area.

The first troops to arrive at the epicenter-13 at midnight1hour 15: 00, Wang Yi led an advance team of 200 soldiers and marched on foot for more than 90 kilometers in 22 hours, becoming the first rescue force to arrive at Wenchuan, the epicenter.

The fastest "lifeline" on the ground-15 At 9: 30 pm, the rescue team finally opened the first road to Wenchuan-the west line from Lixian to Wenchuan, and opened the first ground "lifeline" for earthquake relief in the epicenter.

These recorded data will continue to be refreshed. Through these cold figures, we feel the heart beating with the people in the disaster area-in the face of disaster, we are moved by pain and gratified by sadness.