今年以来,我国部分地区气候异常,涝、旱、风、雹等自然灾害频繁,特别是江淮和太湖地区发生了严重洪涝灾害,使工农业生产和人民的生命财产受到重大损失。 天灾是无情的。它吞噬着耕地、庄稼、工厂、村镇。但是,它无法摧垮中国人民的意志。在党和政府的领导、组织下,在中国人民解放军和武警部队官兵的奋力援救下,受灾地区的人民群众开展了一场可歌可泣的抗灾斗争。这场斗争得到了全国各族人民的全力支持;得到了台湾、香港、澳门以及旅居各国的华人华侨的大力援助;也得到了国际社会的许多帮助。 Since the beginning of this year, natural disasters such as anomalous climate, waterlogging, drought, wind and hail have been frequent in some parts of China. In particular, serious floods have taken place in the JAC and Taihu areas, causing heavy losses to the industrial and agricultural production and people’s lives and property. Natural disasters are ruthless. It devouring arable land, crops, factories, towns and villages. However, it can not crush the will of the Chinese people. Under the leadership and organization of the party and the government, the masses of people in the disaster-stricken areas carried out a remarkable epilogue of fighting the disaster with the struggling rescue efforts by officers and soldiers of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army and the Armed Police. This struggle has won the full support of the people of all ethnic groups across the country. It has been vigorously assisted by overseas Chinese in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, as well as in other countries. It has also gained much help from the international community.