Earthquakes is a natural disaster.
地震是一种自然灾害。
Our plan ended in disaster.
我们的计划以彻底失败告终。
It brings deadly disaster to human beings.
它给人类带来了致命的灾难。
Over the past few years, the State Grid of China has strived to provide stable power supply amid the extreme weather and other natural disasters, bringing benefits to China's agriculture, farmers and rural areas, as well as safeguarding the country's food security.
在过去的几年里，中国国家电网努力在极端天气和其他自然灾害中提供稳定的电力供应，为中国的农业、农民和农村地区带来了好处，并维护了国家的粮食安全。
When there is extreme weather or disasters, timely measures must be taken to reduce the damage to agriculture.
当出现极端天气或灾害时，必须及时采取措施，减少对农业的破坏。
The recently concluded Central Rural Work Conference pointed out that last year China has overcome the adverse effect of some severe natural disasters, with food production hitting record highs and farmers' incomes growing at a faster pace.
最近召开的中央农村工作会议指出，去年，中国克服了一些严重自然灾害的不利影响，粮食产量创历史新高，农民收入增长较快。
"If someone tells you they want crazy volumes in 12 months, it is a complete recipe for disaster.
“如果有人告诉你，他们想要在12个月内达到疯狂的数量，那将是一场灾难。
Major SOEs pave way for high-quality development, ramp up infrastructure building to lift economy, livelihoodsChina recently decided to issue 1 trillion yuan ($136.6 billion) in the fourth quarter in special treasury bonds to support its monumental efforts to bolster infrastructure considered key to livelihoods and to fortify resilience against natural disasters.
主要国有企业为高质量发展铺平道路，加强基础设施建设，提升经济和生活水平。中国最近决定在第四季度发行1万亿元人民币（1366亿美元）的特别国债，以支持其大力支持被视为生计关键的基础设施建设和增强抵御自然灾害的能力。
Natural disasters in recent years have also led to frequent power shortages in different countries or regions, and the urgent need for peak household electricity optimization in European and American countries has driven the entire industry to grow rapidly, Dong added.
董补充道，近年来的自然灾害也导致不同国家或地区频繁出现电力短缺，而欧美国家对峰值家庭电力优化的迫切需求推动了整个行业的快速增长。
The foundation has also initiated other projects to help vulnerable groups get through difficulties caused by natural disasters.
该基金会还启动了其他项目，帮助弱势群体度过自然灾害造成的困难。
"Due to Typhoon Doksuri, which caused extreme precipitation in northern China and areas along the Yellow and Huaihe rivers and other places, flooding and geological disasters were triggered and inflicted major casualties in areas such as Beijing and Hebei province.
“由于台风“多克苏里”在中国北部、黄淮等地造成极端降水，引发洪水和地质灾害，北京、河北等地造成重大人员伤亡。
Chinese internet heavyweight ByteDance announced on Wednesday a 100 million yuan ($13.9 million) donationxa0to the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, as torrential rainstorms have caused flood and geological disasters in the region.
中国互联网巨头字节跳动周三宣布向京津冀地区捐赠1亿元人民币（1390万美元），因为暴雨在该地区引发了洪水和地质灾害。
Meanwhile, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd promised donations of 30 million yuan, which will be used for emergency rescue and disaster relief work,xa0whereas smartphone vendors Xiaomi Corp donated 25 million yuan to help combat the disaster.
与此同时，阿里巴巴集团（Alibaba Group Holding Ltd）承诺捐款3000万元，用于紧急救援和救灾工作。与此同时，智能手机供应商小米公司（Xiaomi Corp）也捐款2500万元，帮助抗击这场灾难。
Swiss Re prioritizes business in areas like aging and health, agriculture, natural disasters and decarbonization, in line with Chinese economic trends and the government's agenda.
瑞士再保险公司根据中国经济趋势和政府议程，优先考虑老龄化和健康、农业、自然灾害和脱碳等领域的业务。
"If the project is successful, we'll be able to provide hospitals or remote areas with power in the event of a natural disaster, moving our small nuclear power stations on site and using them as 'portable batteries'.
“如果该项目成功，我们将能够在发生自然灾害时为医院或偏远地区提供电力，将我们的小型核电站转移到现场，并将其用作‘便携式电池’。
Multiple factors such as climate change, environmental disasters, the COVID-19 pandemic, commodity price spikes and an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape, among others, make the environment really challenging.
气候变化、环境灾难、新冠肺炎疫情、大宗商品价格飙升和日益复杂的地缘政治格局等多重因素使环境真正具有挑战性。
It has invested more than 1.7 million yuan ($255,304) since 2019 in restoring hillsides, which has effectively prevented potential natural disasters like mudslides.
自2019年以来，该公司已投资170多万元人民币（255304美元）修复山坡，有效防止了泥石流等潜在自然灾害。
In 2015, the program was introduced in China in an effort to provide clean and safe drinking water to local disaster areas, water-stressed regions, and to people working on the front line of disaster relief as quickly as possible.
2015年，该计划在中国推出，旨在尽快为当地灾区、缺水地区和救灾一线工作人员提供清洁安全的饮用水。
In terms of expanding the supply of catastrophe risk protection, the Group actively responded to major disasters, and gave full play to the role of reinsurance catastrophe risk protection in natural disasters such as the Henan floods.
在扩大巨灾风险保障供给方面，集团积极应对重大灾害，在河南洪涝等自然灾害中充分发挥再保险巨灾风险保障作用。
"In the past year, the foundation took part in a series of charity programs, including epidemic prevention and control material donation, rural revitalization, disaster prevention and rescue, and talent cultivation.
“在过去的一年里，该基金会参与了一系列慈善项目，包括疫情防控物资捐赠、乡村振兴、防灾救援和人才培养。
The plan will focus on five public welfare areas including information accessibility, emergency disaster relief, ecological protection, cultural heritage protection and technological assistance for the elderly, according to sources with the company.
据该公司消息人士透露，该计划将重点关注五个公益领域，包括信息无障碍、紧急救灾、生态保护、文化遗产保护和老年人技术援助。
"According to Ermotti, Shanghai has to pay greater attention to systematic disaster risk reduction, which is a key factor for Shanghai's long-term sustainable development, and for the prosperity of its 25 million people.
A total of 109,000 fire disasters occurred in China's residential areas last year, accounting for 43.4 percent of the total number of the country's fire hazards in 2020.
Wang Qirui, director of the Shanxi Emergency Management Department, said at a news conference held on Tuesday rains have triggered disasters including landslides and flooding that have affected more than 1.75 million people in 76 counties and caused more than 5 billion yuan in economic losses.
However, sudden outbreaks of epidemics, natural disasters and industry changes can still have a negative impact on the placement of agricultural inputs such as seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, agricultural machinery and diesel, as well as on agricultural production, which directly or indirectly threatens China's agricultural production and food security.
Meanwhile, Swire Coca-Cola Beverages Zhengzhou Ltd also donated 5 million yuan to the Zhengzhou Charity Federation for disaster relief and post-disaster reconstruction.
Since the initial response to the Sichuan Ya'an earthquake in 2013, by June 2021, the "Clean Water 24" mechanism has responded to 229 disasters and other emergencies in China, including the fight against COVID-19 in 2020.
Through this initiative, more than 18.97 million bottles of drinking water have been delivered to 2.24 million people affected by disasters, with an average delivery time of 11 hours.
Chinese companies lent a helping hand by making contributions and offering emergency aid services for disaster relief in Central China's Henan province, where the torrential rainfall caused casualties and property losses.
Jack Ma Foundation, set by the group's founder, donated 50 million yuan for disaster relief and recovery.
Carmakers across the country responded to the disaster with donations as well, with contributions from companies totaling more than 800 million yuan by Friday, and the list of companies was still growing, said a China Daily report.
SAIC Motor promised donations of 10 million yuan in cash and 100 special vehicles for flood control and disaster relief.
In comparison with the second-generation version, the new reactor, with a design life of 60 years, extends the non-manual intervention time from 30 minutes to 72 hours, and dramatically improves safety performance against natural disasters like earthquakes and floods by 100 times, said Lu Hongzao, SPIC's assistant president.
Jin Yongchuan, Sumec's president, said frequent natural disasters such as earthquakes and typhoons in Japan have resulted in a large market for emergency power generation equipment.
Le noted that CPC members always take the lead to brave danger and disasters to serve the people.
During the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China and the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, Huawei employees were at the forefront to provide assistance and services to the affected people.
Missing the peak of business development is a disaster.
PTSD is a mental disorder that can affect survivors of traumatic events like natural disasters, horrific crimes, wars, unexpected personal loss and untimely death of loved ones.
However, we can't stand by and do nothing in the face of natural disasters," said Chairman and CEO of 360 Security Group Zhou Hongyi, who was born in Huanggang, Hubei province.
Muilenburg's tenure was a public relations disaster for Boeing after two crashes of the 737 MAX killed a total of 346 passengers and crew.
It is the first insurance product targeting the issue of returning poverty due to disasters and diseases in the province in Southwest China, said Yang Fengchun, vice-governor of Qinghai province, at the launch ceremony.
To deal with the problem from the source, the new program provides insurance protection for a wide range of risks, such as diseases, disasters, campus accidents and family property damage.
The two disasters killed a total of 346 people, which led to the global grounding of 737 Max aircraft in mid-March.
The disaster followed the crash in October of a Lion Air flight in Indonesia using the same type of plane, in which 189 people died.
"The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is often stricken by natural disasters such as typhoons, and that projects greater challenges to stable power transmission and raises higher requirements for both technical design and grid construction," said Zhang Yong, the director of the power dispatching department of China Southern Power Grid Dispatching & Control Center.
The disaster followed a Lion Air crash in Indonesia in October of the same model, which killed 189 people.
The Guangzhou-based State-owned enterprise will invest more than 170 billion yuan ($25.3 billion) from 2018 to 2022 to improve disaster prevention capacity of power grids in the region, which is frequently hit by natural disasters including typhoons, Xu Daming, a spokesperson for the company, told a news conference in Beijing on Monday.
Jin Wei, deputy secretary-general of the China UAVs Industry Innovation Alliance, said drones are widely used in logistics, courier services, power line patrols, emergency rescues, disaster relief, agriculture among other fields, and these industry-related applications will witness an explosive growth.
They transmitted real-time video content through the satellite network to the forefront of the disaster area.
It was an absolute disaster," Wang said.
Meanwhile, with assistance of Heren Charitable Foundation launched by Fuyao Chairman Cao Dewang in 2017, FGA has actively participated in community activities, interacted with local residents, and donated to local hospital, public service, public school and local disaster relief organizations.
According to Yan Zhiyong, chairman of the company, PowerChina has been providing free power project planning in Belt and Road economies for the past few years, as well as free training and disaster relief.
Applications of satellite communications in disaster management are projected to boost the market in the coming years, the Hexa report said.
Established in 2013, the lab has provided the company with technical support to analyze catastrophic disasters.
In 2014, it detected a wind disaster in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region with remote sensing technology, paying indemnities of 655 million yuan ($104 million).
"In the East Asia and Pacific region, countries are already taking measures to manage pollution, and to cope with natural disasters, rapid urbanization, shifts in agriculture production, and environmental degradation,” Vivek Pathak, IFC's director for East Asia and the Pacific, said on Monday.
Since 1990s, Pfizer China has accumulated more than 200 million yuan in cash and kind in China, in response to natural disasters and various public welfare activities.
"China is facing with surging demands in public service missions, EMS, disaster relief and firefighting.
The China Reinsurance Catastrophe Research Center, the country's first research institution focusing on major disasters, was launched on Thursday, aiming to provide technology and services support for a solid catastrophe insurance system.
Between 2017 and 2020, catastrophe insurance will be promoted nationwide, covering a wide range of disasters, as a part of the country's system for disaster prevention and mitigation.
Gao Wujun, deputy head of Beijing's Fangshan district and member of the 14th Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said on Saturday that despite a flooding disaster in summer, the district has realized the goal of 4.5 percent of GDP growth last year.
Zhong Yu, a researcher with the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, said the measures outlined by the annual meeting will steadily improve the country's food production capacity, citing the role of agricultural infrastructure in countering disasters.
The projects are mainly in fields like post-disaster recovery reconstruction, improvements to disaster prevention and reduction capability, and construction of high-standard farmland.
Totaling 237.9 billion yuan, the budgeted amount was issued recently and will be allocated as subsidy funds to three areas — 107.5 billion yuan for post-disaster recovery and reconstruction and improvement of disaster prevention and reduction capability; 125.4 billion yuan for high-standard farmland construction in places including Northeast China and disaster-stricken areas in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region; and some 5 billion yuan for the construction of key comprehensive natural disaster prevention and control systems (meteorological infrastructure construction).
The issued budget of 107.5 billion yuan for post-disaster recovery and reconstruction and improvement of disaster prevention and reduction capability will be allocated to support a total of 1,508 projects in 12 provincial-level areas, including in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
Meanwhile, the projects also include those related to risk management and reinforcement of reservoirs, river management and meteorological monitoring in order to help relevant areas better cope with extreme weather, further improve disaster prevention and reduction capability, and promote long-term regional peace and stability.
The funds will also cover all 2.483 million mu of farmland damaged by disasters as reported by provinces to support their recovery in a timely fashion.
The economic belt must coordinate development and security, ensure the security and stability of key industrial and supply chains for the nation, and bolster its capacity in disaster prevention and mitigation, the summary said.
Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said the world has become more shock-prone after three years of COVID-19, conflicts and worsening climate disasters.
Also highlighting policymakers' intentions to extend support to the economy, the NPC Standing Committee on Tuesday adopted a decision to issue 1 trillion yuan in special treasury bonds in the fourth quarter — proceeds of which will be mostly used to strengthen the country's capacity to deal with natural disasters.
"The weaker growth prospects also reflect the rising incidence of climate risks, with increased frequency of large natural disasters and rising geo-economic fragmentation" such as US-China trade tensions, Gourinchas said.
In order to deliver relief materials to the disaster areas as soon as possible, a green channel was opened by China Railway Beijing Group from Tianjin to Turkey using the China-Europe freight train.
The premier also stressed work in preventing and reducing disasters and supervising production safety.
The accumulation of other factors — such as global debt burden, heightened financial market turbulence, food and energy shortages, disruptions in industrial and supply chains, and frequent climate disasters — have shown how multifaceted current global economic risks can be.
Since the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011, the GAC has consistently attached great importance to the issue of radioactive contamination in Japanese food imports after the accident, according to the statement.
China is vulnerable to climate change, said Zheng Guoguang, secretary-general of the National Disaster Reduction Commission.
More than half the nation's natural disasters during that period were caused by weather, he said.
So far, more than 5 million emergency plans have been arranged at the national, provincial, city and county levels to prevent deaths and injuries caused by natural disasters.
The Chinese economy grew 3 percent in 2022, overcoming the impact of factors beyond expectations such as a complicated global environment, COVID-19 and natural disasters.
"The exam is just a week away, and all I need is to stay fit," he said in the run-up to the big event, adding that being infected just ahead of the crucial exam would be a psychological disaster.
Emergency Management Mechanism and Capacity Modernization under the New Development ParadigmThe subforum invites guests from the governments, academic and business communities at home and abroad to discuss how to improve the ability to coordinate development and security, as well as how to jointly enhance natural disaster prevention and emergency management capabilities through international cooperation in emergency management, in a bid to boost economic recovery and achieve a higher level of sustainable global development.13.
According to Ren, the government will also continue promoting construction of energy security monitoring and warning capacity to further enhance the country's capacity in emergency response and disaster relief contingencies.
Guangdong also conducted pilot programs on different subjects, including a combination of agriculture insurance and futures as well as loss and disaster prevention of agriculture insurance.
"More than ever, we need to innovate agricultural technology, optimize production methods, stimulate agricultural development, jointly deal with natural disasters and share the fruits of agricultural development on the principle of equality and mutual benefits," said Gu Weibing, an official with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
Despite the impacts of extremely hot weather and the flood disasters, the sown area of China's autumn grain has increased this year with a good basis for stable annual grain production, said Fu.
In five years, over 1 million people will be relocated within the province to avoid being exposed to ecological and geological disasters, Ren added.
The plan urges all regions and departments to implement key government-invested projects through employment-for-grant programs as much as possible, with a key focus on fields like transportation, water conservation, energy, agriculture, rural affairs, urban construction, ecology, environment and recovery and rebuilding from disasters.
People's Bank of China (PBOC)－China's central bank－will provide better financing for water conservancy projects, as the projects can help absorb large investments and create intensive jobs in the short term, while safeguarding food security, facilitating green development, and relieving natural disasters in the long run, according to a meeting jointly held by the PBOC and the Ministry of Water Resources on June 13.
That's just a disaster for both.
While direct effects brought by the Russia-Ukraine conflict are being witnessed in many sectors, various secondary disasters are also being seen one after another, among which are the financial and economic sanctions imposed on Russia by Western countries led by the US.
The World Bank noted various downside risks are clouding the outlook, including simultaneous Omicron-driven economic disruptions, further supply bottlenecks, inflationary concerns, financial stress, climate-related disasters and a weakening of long-term growth drivers.
The premier also urged efforts to promote employment, ensure that people can have sufficient winter heating and that people affected by disasters have their basic needs met.
- China's economy maintained the trend of recovery in August despite disruptions from the COVID-19 epidemic and natural disasters, showing the resilience of the world's second largest economy.
The sporadic outbreaks of COVID-19 and natural disasters such as floods hindered travel and held back consumption during the summer holiday, NBS spokesperson Fu Linghui said, adding that the high base factor also resulted in the steep year-on-year drop.
Fu said that, despite the recovery, the international environment is still complex and severe, and the sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks and natural disasters such as floods have affected the country's economy.
The Chinese economy kept up its recovery last month, but domestic COVID-19 cases and natural disasters in some parts of the country have affected economic performance, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday.
Furthermore, the meeting decided, government departments will conduct a package assessment covering geological disaster risks and soil and water conservation before approving land use.
Since the beginning of this year, due to rising production and operation costs caused by the commodity price rally, coupled with increasing accounts receivable and the impact of COVID-19 and natural disasters, they have been faced with mounting difficulties.
Li Jinxiang, national chief veterinary (officer) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said as COVID-19 has compounded global challenges for food security, logistics and grain prices, it is important to promote communication and cooperation between China and Arab states in areas of agricultural policy and technology, food security, disaster prevention, trade and investment.
However, with an increasingly complex external environment, and the combined impact of sporadic local outbreaks of COVID-19 and natural disasters, economic recovery is still uneven, the NBS said.
But the economic recovery remains unstable and unbalanced, due to the challenging external environment, and the combined impact of sporadic local outbreaks of COVID-19 and natural disasters, he said.
However, with an increasingly complex and severe external environment, and the combined impact of sporadic local outbreaks of COVID-19 and natural disasters, the economic recovery is still unstable and uneven, it said.
They also called for unrelenting measures in ensuring work safety and public safety, saying that more detailed and concrete steps in flood prevention and disaster relief must be carried out.