China-Guangxi Flood/Powered Pontoon Bridges
China-Guangxi Flood/Powered Pontoon Bridges
Dateline : July 8-9, 2026
Location : China
Duration : 2'32
Guigang City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, south China - July 8-9, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Flood, traffic
2. Powered pontoon bridge unfolding on floodwater
3. Various of rescuers navigating powered pontoon bridge toward stranded people; flooded buildings, traffic light
4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese, dubbed in English) Bian Fang, head of emergency rescue department, China Anneng Group First Engineering Bureau (starting with shot 3/partially overlaid with shot 5):
"We deployed three sets of these vessels. We did this because the terrain inside is complex and some areas are very narrow. Alternating the three sets allows us to stay agile, safe, and highly efficient."
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5. Various of powered pontoon bridges on floodwater
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6. Various of flooded buildings
7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Bian Fang, head of emergency rescue department, China Anneng Group First Engineering Bureau (ending with shot 8):
"Please rest assured, we will get all of you out today. Don't worry, and stay safe!"
8. Flooded building
9. Various of students getting on powered pontoon bridge
10. SOUNDBITE (Chinese, dubbed in English) Qin Zhiyong, student, Guangxi Logistics Vocational and Technical College (partially overlaid with shot 11):
"We were trapped for three days and two nights, surviving only on dry rations. Every night, we'd wake up either sweating or starving -- no hot food at all. At first, we had some contact with the outside, but then our phones died. When we finally saw the rescuers arrive, it felt like a beacon home. Everyone started cheering and shouting."
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11. Various of students on powered pontoon bridge
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12. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) students:
"Thumbs up for the rescue team."
13. Various of rescue operation in progress
14. SOUNDBITE (Chinese, dubbed in English) Lin Feng, dean of student affairs, Guangxi Logistics Vocational and Technical College (starting with shot 13/partially overlaid with shot 15):
"The rescue started again at 6 a.m. as soon as it got light. Doing this in the dark is too dangerous. We are so grateful to them. They worked so hard. We will definitely overcome this challenge."
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15. Various of students on powered pontoon bridge
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16. Various of students cheering, getting off powered pontoon bridge
Powered pontoon bridges helped evacuate thousands of stranded students and teachers in flood-hit Guigang City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, where torrential rains have left 39 people dead and nine others reportedly missing.
Late Tuesday, record-breaking rainfall triggered sudden flooding in Guigang, trapping thousands of students and teachers at a local education park.
Rescue teams from China Anneng Construction Group rushed to the scene on Wednesday with powered pontoon bridges, also known as waterborne rescue aircraft carriers, to assist relief efforts.
Each 60-meter-long platform can carry over 300 people at a time. Assembly takes just over ten minutes.
However, deploying such massive equipment on a flooded campus was like threading a needle. Rescuers had to navigate submerged obstacles and narrow corridors between school buildings.
"We deployed three sets of these vessels. We did this because the terrain inside is complex and some areas are very narrow. Alternating the three sets allows us to stay agile, safe, and highly efficient," said Bian Fang, head of the emergency rescue department of China Anneng Group First Engineering Bureau.
Leveraging the massive payload of the powered pontoon bridges, rescue teams pulled off a logistical miracle, evacuating over 6,000 students and staffers to safety in less than 20 hours of active operations.
"We were trapped for three days and two nights, surviving only on dry rations. Every night, we'd wake up either sweating or starving -- no hot food at all. At first, we had some contact with the outside, but then our phones died. When we finally saw the rescuers arrive, it felt like a beacon home. Everyone started cheering and shouting," said Qin Zhiyong, a student of Guangxi Logistics Vocational and Technical College.
"The rescue started again at 6 a.m. as soon as it got light. Doing this in the dark is too dangerous. We are so grateful to them. They worked so hard. We will definitely overcome this challenge," said Lin Feng, dean of student affairs at Guangxi Logistics Vocational and Technical College.
Exhausted but safe, the students disembarked in orderly lines, filled with gratitude for their rescuers.
ID : 8488727
Published : 2026-07-10 14:49
Last Modified : 2026-07-10 17:00:32
Source : China Global Television Network (CGTN)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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