At 23:59 Beijing time on December 18th, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake occurred in Jishishan County, Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province. On December 19th, JD Group immediately established an emergency response team to quickly activate the emergency rescue plan. Drinking water, food, warm clothing and other supplies were urgently allocated from multiple nearby warehouses and transported to the disaster area by dedicated personnel and vehicles. The first batch of supplies is currently on the way.
At the same time, JD.com Retail has also urgently allocated dozens of high-power fuel air heaters. JD.com Health has coordinated the first batch of donated drugs to be released from the warehouse and is promoting the donation of more drugs, medical equipment, and other health supplies. JD.com Logistics is also actively helping relevant donation organizations transport disaster relief materials.
Mr. Liu Qiangdong, founder and chairman of the board of directors of JD.com, once stipulated within the company that in the event of a disaster in any part of the country, JD's nearby warehouse managers do not need to report and have the right to donate materials needed for the disaster area in the warehouse. At the same time, JD.com will also establish an emergency support team as soon as possible to ensure the dedicated delivery of disaster relief materials.
JD will continue to maintain close communication with relevant departments, make arrangements for subsequent rescue materials, transportation capacity, and continue to contribute its maximum strength to the earthquake relief work in Jishishan County.
Wen Jing, reporter from Guangzhou Daily · New Flower City