8 schools in SW China hold first joint quake drill   

中国首次举行跨区域五省市学校同步地震演习

16日，中国首次举行了跨区域五省市多所学校基于地震预警技术的同步地震演习，来自四川、陕西、甘肃、云南、重庆的8所高中、初中、小学参加演习。四川行政学院、四川省减灾中心和成都市防震减灾局的专家，在成都高新减灾研究所通过传回的实时视频进行现场观摩。

Chengdu (ECNS) -- Eight schools in southwest China that have adopted an earthquake warning system participated in a joint drill for the first time on Thursday.

The schools responded to a simulated 8-magnitude earthquake.

Students of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Yunnan and Chongqing schools carried out various measures according to evacuation times and locations in buildings.

Wang Tun, director of the Chengdu Gaoxin District Earthquake Mitigation Bureau, said the exercise will help teachers and students be more prepared in the event of an actual disaster.

More than 200 students and teachers at Gaoxin's Shunjiang School who had participated in a similar drill were successfully evacuated during the 28-second countdown during the Lushan earthquake, Wang added.

Chen Xun, from the Sichuan provincial academy of governance, said the quake warning system is a cutting-edge technology that needs government promotion as well as regulation.