Major events in China in 2010

Major events that occurred in 2010 include China's successful hosting of the World Expo and Asian Games, the successful launch of the Chang'e-2 satellite, the Yushu earthquake, the Zhouqu massive mudslide, etc.

1. China’s 2010 Shanghai World Expo (EXPO 2010)

China’s 2010 Shanghai World Expo (EXPO 2010) is the 41st World Expo. It was held in Shanghai, China from May 1 to October 31, 2010. This World Expo is also the first World Expo hosted by China, with the theme: Better City, Better Life.

The China 2010 Shanghai World Expo venue is located in the Nanpu Bridge and Lupu Bridge areas, and is laid out along both sides of the Huangpu River in urban Shanghai. The planned land area of ??the Expo Park is 5.28 square kilometers, including 3.93 square kilometers in Pudong District and 1.35 square kilometers in Puxi District. The fenced area covers approximately 3.22 square kilometers.

2. Launch of Chang'e-2 satellite

Chang'e-2 satellite is China's second lunar exploration satellite, the second artificial solar system asteroid, and the second phase of China's lunar exploration project. The technological pilot satellite was developed by the China Academy of Space Technology. It is a backup satellite for China's first lunar exploration satellite, Chang'e-1. It follows the Dongfanghong-3 satellite platform and costs about 600 million yuan.

At 18:59:57 on October 1, 2010, the Chang'e-2 satellite was successfully launched by the Long March 3C carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center and successfully entered the Earth-moon transfer orbit. ?

Chang'e-2 has completed a series of engineering and scientific goals, and obtained three-dimensional images of the lunar surface with a resolution better than 10 meters, and lunar material composition distribution maps and other data. On April 1, 2011, the Chang'e-2 expansion test was launched, and it completed orbiting the Sun-Earth Lagrange L2 point for deep space exploration and other tests. After that, Chang'e-2 flew by asteroid 4179 (Tutatis) and successfully conducted further expansion tests, and the Chang'e-2 project came to an end. ?

3. 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games

The 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games is the 16th Asian Games. It was held in Guangzhou, China from November 12, 2010 to November 27, 2010. Guangzhou is the second city in China to win the right to host the Asian Games. Beijing hosted the 11th Asian Games in 1990.

The Guangzhou Asian Games has 42 competition events, which is the largest number of competition events in the history of the Asian Games. Guangzhou also hosted the first Asian Para Games after the Asian Games. The co-hosting cities of the 16th Asian Games are Shanwei, Foshan and Dongguan.

4. Yushu Earthquake

On April 14, 2010, six earthquakes occurred in Yushu City, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province. The highest magnitude was 7.1, which occurred at 7:49. The epicenter was near the city. In order to express the deep condolences of the people of all ethnic groups across the country for the compatriots who died in the Yushu earthquake in Qinghai Province, the State Council decided on April 20, 2010 to hold a national mourning event on April 21, 2010. Flags across the country and at embassies and consulates stationed abroad will fly at half-mast to mourn and stop public service* **Entertainment activities.

As of 18:00 on May 30, 2010, as approved by the Qinghai Provincial Department of Civil Affairs, the Department of Public Security and the Yushu Prefecture Government in accordance with relevant procedures and regulations, the Yushu earthquake has killed 2,698 people, of whom 2,687 have been identified. There were 11 unknown corpses and 270 people were missing. The victims who have been identified are: 1,290 men and 1,397 women; 2,537 people from Yushu, Qinghai, 54 from non-Yushu in the province, 96 from other provinces (including 1 person from Hong Kong); 199 students were killed.

For this reason, Shaanxi young painter Guo Yongjie went through all kinds of hardships to create two 100-meter Chinese painting masterpieces, "Yushu Will Not Fall Down in Qinghai Evergreen" and "Yushu's Tomorrow Will Be Better" to commemorate the Yushu earthquake in 2011. Memorial exhibitions were held at the Qinghai Provincial Museum and the Shaanxi Provincial Art Museum on April 14, 2013.

5. Extremely heavy debris flow in Zhouqu

At around 22:00 on August 7, 2010, a sudden heavy rain fell in the mountainous area in the northeastern part of Zhouqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, with a rainfall of 97 mm. Lasting for more than 40 minutes, it triggered a huge flash flood geological disaster in four ditches including Sanyanyu and Luojiayu.

The debris flow was about 5 kilometers long, with an average width of 300 meters, an average thickness of 5 meters, and a total volume of 7.5 million cubic meters, the area through which it flows was razed. As of September 7, 2010, 1,557 people were killed, 284 were missing, and a total of 2,315 people were treated in outpatient clinics in the Zhouqu August 7 mudslide disaster.

Reference materials:

Zhouqu huge mudslide - Baidu Encyclopedia

Yushu earthquake - Baidu Encyclopedia

2010 Guangzhou Asian Games - Baidu Encyclopedia

Chang'e 2 Satellite - Baidu Encyclopedia

China 2010 Shanghai World Expo_Baidu Encyclopedia