China 2021 Recap: Helping hands

By Zhang Andi

Zhao Jinyue contributed to the selection

BEIJING, Feb. 9 -- Looking back on 2021, we have experienced wind and frost, but also harvested warmth; in 2022, let's move forward with love and hope.

1. Flood

Starting July 17, Henan Province was hit by extremely heavy rainfall, with heavy rain in mid-western and northwestern regions, and extremely heavy rain in some areas. In the face of the disaster, state emergency response authorities pre-allocated disaster relief funds, dealt with reservoir risk factors; civil society carried out self-rescue and mutual rescue; donations came from all walks of life... Strong guarantee by the government and support from all ordinary people have become a joint force in the storm. The photo shows soldiers of a detachment of the 1st Mobile Corps of China's Armed Police force cleaning up debris on a street in Mihe Town of Gongyi, Central China's Henan Province, on July 21, 2021. (Photo by Cai Linwei/Guangming)

2. Anti-fraud

Since the birth of the Internet, security problems have accompanied its development. The week of October 11 to 17, 2021 was the National Cyber Security Publicity Week. The theme of this activity was "Cyber security for the people, cyber security by the people". Publicity materials, special lectures, network security knowledge contests were carried out throughout the country to further enhance the general public's awareness and skills of network security, building a line of defense for network security. Chen Guoping, an anti-fraud police officer at the Harbor Branch of Qinhuangdao Public Security Bureau in North China's Hebei Province, interacts with a local resident in a live broadcast on Sep 5, 2021. (Photo by Cao Jianxiong/Guangming Photo)

3. Vaccination

Vaccination is a key step in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to encourage more people to get vaccinated, local governments launched a new model of smart mobile vaccination with one-stop vaccination vehicles. The photo shows a medical worker at a temporary COVID-19 vaccination site in Guizhou Military Command on April 20, 2021. (Photo by Zhao Song/Guangming Photo)

4. Party-building

Around China, volunteer service teams of Communist Party of China members were set up to go to the community level to help solve problems for the people to the best of their ability, enhancing people's sense of gain, happiness, and security. A volunteer Party member helps a farmer in Gaoyao village of Longquan Town, Danzhai County, Southwest China's Guizhou Province on May 27, 2021. (Photo by Yang Wukui/Guangming Photo)

5. Decompression

With college and senior high school entrance examinations approaching, in order to help the majority of candidates to scientifically adjust their mindsets, reduce test anxiety, improve learning efficiency, and meet the examination with confidence, schools around the country launched a variety of decompression games. Senior students in Wenxian County of Jiaozuo City, Central China's Henan Province play decompression games on May 29, 2021. (Photo by Xu Hongxing/Guangming Photo)

6. Pandemic

At the beginning of 2021, Shijiazhuang and Xingtai cities in Hebei Province became medium- and high-risk areas for COVID-19. Cities across Hebei actively deployed pandemic prevention and control, activated a number of emergency plans, and introduced a series of anti-pandemic measures. On January 13, 2021, pandemic prevention and control workers carry out disinfection work at a highway entrance in Julu County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province. (Photo by Hu Liangchuan/Guangming Photo)

7. “Escort”

Affected by a strong cold wave, many places in the country were hit by freezing weather. All affected areas and local authorities activated emergency plans, carried out equipment inspection, snow clearing, and ice removal work, so as to ensure stable supply of electricity, gas, and heating as well as smooth transportation. On January 8, 2021, 7 workers of the Suihua Works Section of China Railway Harbin Bureau Group Co. Ltd. repair a freeze-damaged site in Qingan County, Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province, where the lowest temperature reached minus 31 Celsius. (Photo by Wu Jian/Guangming photo)

8. Supply

China was hit by a strong cold wave, with strong winds, snow and other severe weather conditions in some areas. In the face of abrupt drop in temperatures, ensuring energy supply and demand, especially for people's livelihoods, is vital to the production and daily life of millions of households. Ensuring energy supply would directly raise people's "warmth index". Local governments and various government departments took a variety of measures to ensure energy supply and ensure that people have access to electricity in peace and comfort for the winter. The picture shows the marshalling yard of Houma North Railway Station of China Railway Taiyuan Bureau Group Co., Ltd., On November 1, 2021, where efforts are underway to expedite coal transport. (Photo by Wang Wenhua/Guangmin