Natural disasters in China

In ancient beliefs, natural disasters were seen as Heaven's response to immoral human behaviour, whereby the conduct of different individuals carried different weights.

According to the Overseas Development Institute, the state-led nature of humanitarian aid in today's China traces back to these traditional beliefs.

[2] Chinese believed that natural disasters would foretell the end of a dynasty or the death of a great leader.

Propaganda posters were produced with the slogan, "Earthquakes cannot frighten us, the people will certainly conquer nature.

Each provincial, autonomous regional, and centrally administered municipal government also has its own earthquake administration that is under the direction of CEA.