State Disaster Reduction and Relief Committee initiated the national level four disaster emergency response and provided guidance to Chongqing on how to carry out disaster relief and rescue work for mountain collapses.

On the 17th, the National Committee for Disaster Reduction and Relief launched a national level 4 emergency response for the mountain collapse in Pengshui, Chongqing. They sent a working group to the disaster area to inspect the situation on the ground, and to guide and assist local authorities in providing basic life support for the affected people and other disaster relief work.