China Used Cloud Service to Help Rescue from Natural Disaster

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"Information on personnel awaiting rescue"
A widely circulated online document titled “Information on Personnel Awaiting Rescue” was created by a university student named Manto and has spread rapidly in recent days. It has even become a life-saving document, allowing people caught in floods to call for help.

The cloud service uses the Tencent Docs platform and can be updated by multiple people at the same time. It currently serves as an information distribution center for both organizations and individuals who are willing to provide temporary housing and medical care .

“As of Wednesday, the document had been updated 270 times since it was created on Tuesday and had received more than 2.5 million visits, ” Tencent said.

Manto, the document's creator, said on Thursday that more than 30 people, most of them university students, had joined the effort to collect and manage the information.

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Manto said they decided to use Tencent Docs because they were using the online platform at the university to collect information.

Launched in 2018, Tencent Docs is a free online document uruguay telegram number database platform from the Chinese tech firm that enables collaboration with multiple people, offering users the ability to easily edit, create, or share documents from anywhere on the go. It is also considered a competitor to Google Docs.

Tencent said in a statement it sent to the Global Times on Thursday that to cope with the heavy rain in Zhengzhou, Tencent Docs urgently launched a template called "Registration of Mutual Aid Information."

In addition to Tencent, major Chinese tech giants including Beijing-based ByteDance, on-demand service platform Meituan and discount e-commerce company Pinduoduo have donated money and provided various services to help with rescue efforts in Zhengzhou.

The news item “China used cloud service to rescue during natural disaster” was prepared by the PRC.TODAY Portal based on materials from the Global Times news agency.