5月12日,四川省汶川县发生的特大地震是新中国成立以来破坏性最强、波及范围最广、救灾难度最大的一次地震。地震发生后,在党中央、国务院和中央军委坚强领导下,全党全军全国各族人民万众一心、众志成城,各地区、各部门紧急行动,全力以赴,形成了抗击地震灾害的强大力量,开展了规模空前的抗震救灾工作。 On May 12, the massive earthquake that hit Wenchuan County in Sichuan Province was the most destructive and the most extensive one since the founding of New China. After the earthquake, under the strong leadership of the Central Party Committee, the State Council and the Central Military Commission, all people of all ethnic groups, the entire party, the whole army and people of the entire country, united with one heart and one mind, and all localities and departments took an emergency action and went all out to form a powerful force in the fight against the earthquake disaster. An unprecedented earthquake relief work.