China's Ministry of Civil Affairs and Ministry of Finance
recently appropriated 258 million yuan (about US$32.25 million) as
central government relief funds to seven flood-hit regions in the
south.
They are the provinces of Jiangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Jiangsu, and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Floods, caused by heavy rainfall since June, have resulted in
serious losses to industrial and agricultural production, many
human casualties and serious property losses in China.
So far, the two ministries have appropriated 2.05 billion yuan
(about US$256.25 million) of central government relief funds and
21,120 tents to disaster-hit areas this year.
(Xinhua News Agency July 13, 2006)