云南楚雄姚安县是民进云南省委的支边扶贫点,是云南73个贫困县之一。元月15日清晨,连续发生5.9、6.5级地震,造成人员伤亡及经济损失的严重灾情。民进中央于元月19日接到民进云南省委有关姚安县地震灾情报告后,立即研究救灾措施,决定向姚安县捐助救灾款壹万元。会中央还向灾区发出加急电传 Yao County, Chuxiong, Yunnan Province, is a poverty alleviation point for the support of Yunnan Provincial Party Committee and one of 73 poverty-stricken counties in Yunnan. In the early morning of January 15, 5.9 and 6.5 earthquakes occurred in a row, causing serious casualties and economic losses. Upon receiving the report of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee about the earthquake in Yao’an County on January 19, the Central Committee of the Progressive People’s Republic of China immediately studied disaster relief measures and decided to donate one million yuan to Yao’an County for disaster relief. The central government also issued an urgent telegram to the disaster area