A school doctor at No. 2 Central Primary School of Taolin Town in Donghai County, Lianyungang City, East China's Jiangsu Province, instructs students in first aid on October 12. [CNSPHOTO/Zhang Zhengyou]

Primary, middle and high schools nationwide held various activities to mark the International Day for Disaster Reduction, which fell on October 13.

The activities aimed to help improve the teachers and students' abilities of responding to disasters and saving themselves, popularizing disaster reduction knowledge and relevant skills of self-rescue and first aid.

The International Day for Disaster Reduction, observed on October 13 every year, started in 1989 after a call by the United Nations General Assembly for a day to promote a global culture of risk-awareness and disaster preparedness.

A school doctor at No. 2 Central Primary School of Taolin Town, Donghai County, Lianyungang City, East China's Jiangsu Province, shows students how to bandage a wound on October 12. [CNSPHOTO/Zhang Zhengyou]

An emergency worker from Xinle City Hospital teaches students first aid knowledge at Minsheng Street Primary School in Xinle City, North China's Hebei Province, on October 12. [CNSPHOTO/Jia Minjie]

A fireman from a local fire and rescue brigade explains how to use rescue tools to students at Minsheng Street Primary School in Xinle City, North China's Hebei Province, on October 12. [CNSPHOTO/Jia Minjie]

A teacher instructs students how to evacuate during an earthquake drill at Fuhe School, Hanshan District, Handan City, North China's Hebei Province, on October 12. [CNSPHOTO/Hao Qunying]

(Source: CNSPHOTO/Translated and edited by Women of China)