China's Int'l Rescue Team Makes Debut in Quake-hit Area

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China's Int'l Rescue Team Makes Debut in Quake-hit Area

Members of the China International Search and Rescue Team (CISAR) have shown their mettle for the first time in a rescue operation in the quake-hit Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwest China.

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Members of the China International Search and Rescue Team (CISAR) have shown their mettle for the first time in a rescue operation in the quake-hit Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwest China.

An earthquake on Monday measuring 6.8 degrees on the Richter Scale, jolted Jiashi and Bachu counties in the region, killing 268people and injuring more than 2,000 others.

The CISAR arrived in Xinjiang's quake-stricken areas in the small hours of Tuesday. The well-equipped team dug out many survivors and salvaged important government documents, archives and property from the debris.

Eight team doctors joined with other medical workers to treat the injured in the disaster area.

This is the team's first field operation since it was jointly set up in 2001 by the China Seismological Bureau, engineering corps of the Chinese army, and the general hospital of the armed police. The team now has more than 200 members, all of whom have been trained in rescue skills widely used around the world.

The team mainly target disasters resulting from earthquakes.

Many countries including the United States, France, Germany andSwitzerland have established their own international rescue teams,according to Zhou Min, an official with the coordination office for quake disaster relief at the China Seismological Bureau.

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