CHINA-HUNAN-ZIXING-RESETTLEMENT-NEW LIFE (CN)

CHINA-HUNAN-ZIXING-RESETTLEMENT-NEW LIFE (CN)

Xinhua
06 Feb 2026, 12:45 GMT+

(260206) -- ZIXING, Feb. 6, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A senior resident air-dries vegetables at a resettlement site in Zhoumensi Town, Zixing City, central China's Hunan Province, Feb. 5, 2026. In July 2024, rainstorms unleashed by Typhoon Gaemi hit Zixing City, affecting about 128,000 people and damaging 23,000 houses.

By April 2025, four resettlement sites have been built in Xingning Town, Zhoumensi Town, Bamianshan Yao Township and Huangcao Town respectively, providing a total of 886 new houses. Local authorities also provided employment assistant workshops and public welfare positions for the affected people to adapt to new lives. (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai)

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