On July fifth day (Gengwu years), August 28, 1930, catastrophic floods in the Yangtze River Basin.



Yiyang victims waiting for relief of congestion in the porridge Factory
1930 summer, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River provinces rainstorm pouring down, stretching more than 20 days, the Chief of the upstream flash floods, causing devastating floods, so Xiang , Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu provinces, most become flooding and endanger Shanghai, drowned, starved to death countless. National Government assigned Vice Soong, Interior Minister Liu Shangqing, Industry Minister HH Kung, Relief Affairs Committee chairman Xu Shiying and hanging around in Shanghai Xinhai veteran Zhu Qinglan Commissioner responsible for preparing the formation of the National Committee for Flood Relief. Soong as chairman and hand in dealing with all the relief efforts.
Zhu Qinglan proceed with the relief of the matters, the trek into the disaster areas. He said: "such as fire-fighting and disaster relief, can not be slowed down, or one minute how many people can die. "
Zhu Qinglan develop specific outline of the relief work, advocated Relief models must use all the victims who, other costs associated with the lender, should be borne by the National Government. Relief donations, sources have three: First, the funding of the National Government; second is the so-called "U.S. wheat borrower; private donations. The first two by Soong, HH Kung handedly eat into third by Zhu Qinglan responsible for. Domestic contributions to the entire Zhejiang Association Chu Hui monk, Shen Junru, Zou Taofen raised up.
flooded by the Yangtze River flood coastal housing