The disaster in the earthquake stricken area of Wenchuan, Sichuan, affected the hearts of all walks of life in Jinjiang. The government of Jinjiang yesterday donated 1 million yuan to the disaster area, which is the first batch of relief funds donated by the municipal government departments to the earthquake stricken areas.

The Jinjiang municipal Party committee and the municipal government require all departments at all levels to pay close attention to the disaster situation in the disaster area, and immediately start the disaster relief operation.

Reporters learned yesterday that in order to do well the relief and consolation work of the workers in Sichuan's disaster areas, the five departments of the Jinjiang Federation of trade unions, the labor and Social Security Bureau and so on decided to jointly carry out activities focusing on Sichuan's disaster areas and their hearts in the Jin workers' activities.

At present, the city has begun to conduct a thorough investigation of the workers in the affected areas, and the trade unions in every town (street) will send their workers to Sichuan Province as soon as possible, and fully understand the practical difficulties they encounter, and the departments concerned will timely rescue and condolence.

The Jinjiang Federation of trade unions decided to allocate 200 thousand yuan condolence money to help solve the difficulties of migrant workers in the disaster areas, and opened a telephone service for 85601000 workers who worked in the disaster hit areas. The Jinjiang labor and Social Security Bureau also launched a help phone 85665750.

The Jinjiang Federation of trade unions also asked all the town (street) trade unions to mobilize the enterprise unions to launch donation activities for the staff and workers, and deeply care for the workers in the affected areas to effectively solve the real life problems of the families of the victims.