2021-07-22 09:13 By: Xinhua Record rainstorms that have swamped central China s Henan Province since the weekend have left 25 people dead, seven missing, and over 1.24 million people affected. Chinese authorities have raised the emergency response for flood control to its second-highest level, and Henan initiated its highest-level emergency response. Massive rescue and relief efforts are underway to deal with the impact of the prolonged heavy rainfall.
by Xinhua writers Xu Ruiqing, Liu Jinhui, Sun Qingqing, Feng Dapeng, Niu Shaojie
ZHENGZHOU, July 21 (Xinhua) Chinese authorities have launched massive rescue and relief efforts in response to record rainstorms that have swamped central China s Henan Province since the weekend, leaving large areas under water and at least 25 people dead.
Xinhua Headlines: China s first Mars rover starts exploring red planet
22 May 2021, 21:55 GMT+10 China s first Mars rover, Zhurong, drove down from its landing platform to the Martian surface Saturday, leaving the country s first footprints on the red planet. With an expected lifespan of at least 90 Martian days (about three months on Earth), Zhurong will record the Martian landscape with high-resolution three-dimensional images, analyze the material composition of the planet s surface, detect its sub-surface structure and magnetic field, search for traces of water ice and observe the surrounding meteorological environment. It is the first Mars rover with an active suspension system. It could help the rover get out of trouble by moving like an inchworm on the complicated Martian surface with both loose sandy soil and densely distributed rocks.