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Chinese President Xi Jinping (C), who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), watches paraplegic patients singing accompanied by Erhu, a Chinese two-stringed musical instrument, at the city's paraplegic rehabilitation center in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province, July 28, 2016. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)
President Xi Jinping visited the Earthquake Ruins Memorial Park in Tangshan to pay his respects to those who died in the devastating earthquake.
During the inspection tour in Tangshan, President Xi said China should strengthen its capacity to prevent and alleviate disasters and provide relief.
He stressed the importance of the relationship between disaster prevention and management and economic development.
The magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck the industrial city in the early morning of July 28th, 1976. Most people were asleep and had no chance to escape.
Experts say its force was equal to that of 400 atomic bombs. The final death toll was more than 242,000, with 160,000 others seriously injured. 650,000 homes were destroyed in the quake and not a single building remained intact.
(Source: CNTV)
