由联合国人道主义事务协调办公室(OCHA)倡议发起,中国政府承办的大型国际地震演练活动于8月5-7日在河北省石家庄市举行。演练旨在提高各国政府对国际搜索与救援灾害反应系统的运用能力,增强国际救援队伍之间的合作与协调能力。中国、日本、俄罗斯、美国等1 7支国际救援队及来自中国的1 7支省级地震救援队代表参加了此次演练。 Launched by the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the large-scale international seismic exercise hosted by the Chinese government was held in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province on August 5-7. The purpose of the exercise is to enhance the ability of governments in using the system of response to international search and rescue disasters and to enhance the cooperation and coordination among international aid teams. Seventeen international aid teams from China, Japan, Russia and the United States, as well as representatives from 17 provincial-level earthquake relief teams from China participated in the exercise.