"After the earthquake, we are operating at 100 percent to help grant the coverage the country needs," said Francisco Rolayo, director of ECU911 Quito Center.
"Our crisis center regroups help at all levels of government, to send food, rescue materials and other necessities while we also coordinate the planes being sent to help in relief efforts, mainly to the province of Manabi," he added, saying ECU911 regional centers for the quake-struck areas like Esmeraldas, Portoviejo, Santo Domingo and Machala are also available to provide necessary services.
PARADIGM FOR PRODUCTION CAPACITY COOPERATION
Meanwhile, the Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric plant, the largest one in Ecuador built by China's Sinohydro Corporation, remained intact during the earthquake.
The first four of the eight turbines in total at the plant were started on April 13, only three days before the quake.
When the earthquake happened, the turbines stopped running following the automatic start of a self-production system.
After checking and ensuring the safety of the plant, Chinese technicians restarted them and increased power output to provide sufficient electricity for disaster relief operations.
In a university in the quake zone, classrooms, apartments and laboratories built by Chinese enterprises have been used to shelter quake-stricken victims and store relief materials.
Trucks carrying relief materials and workers were running on the roads and bridges, which did not suffer structural damages during the quake.
As a matter of fact, the high quality of Chinese-made equipment and the infrastructure facilities built by Chinese enterprises are just a good example for production capacity cooperation between China and Latin American countries.
In May, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Chile, during which he promoted bilateral cooperation in industrial capacity and international equipment manufacturing.
With China and Latin America highly complementary to each other in economic development, the latter needs to improve its industrial competitiveness through productive investment and to adjust its economic structure to get rid of reliance on raw materials.
China's measures to increase domestic demand will boost Latin America's exports. Meanwhile, capital, technologies and industrial advantages accumulated during China's reform and opening-up will provide strong support for Latin America's industrialization.
And the high quality of Chinese-built equipment and infrastructure is a guarantee for the two sides' industrial capacity cooperation.
