50% of China's territory under the threat of severe earthquakes_科学技术

50% of China's territory under the threat of severe earthquakes

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Chinanews, November 2 – China released its National Plan on Precautions Against Earthquakes (2006-2020) on October 31, saying that 50% of its territory is located in regions of high earthquake intensity¹ of VII or above, including 23 regional or provincial² capitals and two thirds of metropolises³ with at least a population of one million each.

According to the plan, by 2020 most parts of China will have the capacity of surviving earthquakes of magnitude 6.0 on the Richter Scale.

Though China only takes up only 7% of the acreage of all the land in the world, 35% of the world’s fatal earthquakes in the 20th century took place here. These earthquakes killed 1.2 million people in all, 590 thousand of them in China.

Earthquakes will remain one of China’s top concerns in the foreseeable future, and rural areas will be equipped with the same earthquake-proof facilities as the cities, particularly the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the upper reaches of the Yellow River and southwest China, where there are large hydropower projects.

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1 intensity
n.强烈，剧烈；强度；烈度
参考例句：
I didn't realize the intensity of people's feelings on this issue.我没有意识到这一问题能引起群情激奋。 The strike is growing in intensity.罢工日益加剧。

2 provincial
adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人
参考例句：
City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。 Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

3 metropolises
n.一国的主要城市（不一定是首都）( metropolis的名词复数 )；中心；大都会；大城市
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That season, you ride it, all metropolises achieve what one wishes! 那时节，您骑上它，一切都会如愿以偿！来自互联网 Carl has carried the banner in infernal metropolises. 卡尔曾经在那些地狱般的大都市流浪街头。来自互联网

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