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CHENGDU, Aug. 9-- Some 60,000 people were evacuated on Wednesday, 24 hours after an earthquake hit Jiuzhaigou County in Sichuan Province, which has caused 19 deaths so far. The 7.0-magnitude quake occurred at 9:19 p.m. Tuesday in the county, a popular tourist destination in the mountains on the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for all-out efforts to organize relief work and rescue the injured. Rescue efforts, both at the government and the grassroots levels, are in full swing, demonstrating efficiency, strong resolution and human warmth. SILVER LINING Li Jianjun, 52, still remembers the anxiety he felt while standing in the darkness with his head bleeding. Li is an employee of the InterContinental Resort in the quake-hit area. After his head was wounded by a stone, he rushed to an open area outside the hotel to wait for rescuers, along with crowds of people, many in pajamas or bath towels. Medical workers who arrived at the hotel at midnight dressed their wounds. Immediately after the quake, rescue workers, including firefighters, policemen and medical staff, rushed to the quake-hit area. Many of them had to walk dozens of kilometers as some roads to Jiuzhaigou are blocked by falling stones. Li Dingyong, an armed policeman from neighboring Songpan County, said he had to walk 30 kilometers with 18 teammates to reach the disaster relief headquarters last night. | 
