FIGHTING THE FLOODS

Firefighters use high volume pumps to clear excess rainwater from a road in Zhengzhou， capital of Henan Province， on July 21. Extremely heavy rainfall battered Henan on July 20， with precipitation in Zhengzhou exceeding the highest level on local record.

On July 21， the Ministry of Emergency Management raised the emergency response for flood control to its second-highest level. A rescue team of 1，800 firefighters has been deployed to the flood-hit region from seven neighboring provinces， together with boats， pumping vehicles， and flood rescue kits.

Cross-Desert Expressway

Aerial photo taken on July 16 shows the construction site of a cross-desert expressway in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The expressway， linking Altay Prefecture and the regional capital city of Urumqi， stretches along some 343 km， with more than 150 km constructed across the desert.

Malware Attacks

More than 42 million malware attacks were detected in China in 2020， said a cybersecurity report released on July 21.

The United States and India are the leading sources of foreign malware attacks against China in 2020， according to the report released by the National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/ Coordination Center of China（CNCERT/CC）.

The number of malware attacks from the U.S. accounted for 53.1 percent of the total foreign attacks， and 7.2 percent of the foreign attacks were from India， said the report.

The U.S. also takes the lead in the number of servers controlled by foreign malware that launched cyber attacks against China， the report said， adding that the U.S. had 19，000 such servers in 2020， followed by the Netherlands with 2，083 servers and Germany with 1，923 servers.

Founded in 2001， the CNCERT/CC is a non-governmental， non-profit cybersecurity technical center and the key coordination team for Chinas cybersecurity emergency response community.

The CNCERT/CC started compiling the annual cybersecurity report of China back in 2008.

Diversion Project

As of 8 a.m. on July 19， the middle route of Chinas South- to-North Water Diversion Project has transferred more than 40 billion cubic meters of water to the countrys arid north， official data showed.