On May 11, a staff of the scenic spot wore fire-fighting protective clothing under the guidance of firefighters. On the occasion of the 13th National Day for Disaster Prevention and Reduction, the Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan District Fire Rescue Brigade carried out fire safety and disaster prevention and mitigation knowledge publicity in Huanglong Cave Scenic Area. This was to improve the fire safety, disaster prevention and mitigation awareness, and emergency self-rescue ability of the staff in the scenic area, to ensure security. (Photo/Wu Yongbing, Wu Jie)

Background information
The devastating Wenchuan earthquake, which occurred on May 12, 2008, caused massive human casualties and property losses, and caused immeasurable sufferings to the Chinese people. In the wake of the disaster, the Chinese government decided to make May 12 “Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day”, starting in 2009. (Source: english1.english.gov.cn)

This article is from Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Yu Jiangjiang

Chinese source: hunantoday.cn