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Foreign rescue personnel first join in China's disaster relief
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China had made another step in opening up to the outside world by accepting foreign assistance in disaster relief, said Zhou Ruijin, former deputy chief editor of the People's Daily, the mouthpiece of the Communist Party of China.

"It is an open attitude in the era of economic globalization," said Zhou, co-author of a famous article in 1991 advocating the reform and opening-up drive.

Qian Gang, author of the well-known book Tangshan Earthquake, said, "With 30 years of reform and opening-up, China is more open to the outside and has changed its way of thinking."

Four years after the Tangshan earthquake, China accepted foreign relief materials after floods and droughts, for the first time since 1949 when the People's Republic of China was founded.

China had expressed gratitude to willingness and offers from other countries to send relief teams, and for the messages of support and the earthquake relief aid.

China has played an active role in recent years, sending rescuers to Indonesia, Pakistan, Algeria and other nations in the wake of major disasters.

(Xinhua News Agency May 17, 2008)

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