Death toll rose to 85 as of Friday night, including 21 firemen, from the massive warehouse explosions hitting north China's Tianjin City Wednesday night, the rescue headquarters said Saturday.
Taiwan's Strait Exchange Foundation (SEF) has initiated emergency contact with the mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) after the deadly blasts in Tianjin city.
The Chinese capital will suspend the production of toxic and explosive chemicals from next week after massive blasts in neighboring city Tianjin.
China will roll out a nationwide examination of dangerous chemicals and explosives after the deadly explosions in North China's Tianjin municipality.
The death toll has risen to 56, including 21 firemen, from massive warehouse explosions that hit North China's Tianjin municipality Wednesday night, local authorities said Friday.
Guo Shengkun, Minister of Public Security, once again visited the blast site in Tianjin on Friday to direct rescue operations, urging all-out efforts to search and save lives.
Foreign countries have sent condolences to China over Wednesday's deadly blasts in Tianjin, expressing deep sympathy and solidarity with the Chinese people.
The air and water quality in the blasts area in north China's Tianjin is being closely monitored, as on-site conditions are still unclear.
Seventeen firefighters are among those killed in the warehouse blasts in the northern Chinese port of Tianjin, say authorities.
Blasts near the world's fourth-largest port that killed at least 50 people and injured hundreds could strike a blow to the regional economy, say experts.
Quick to blame Chinese officials for forcing its correspondent off air while he reported on the deadly Tianjin blasts, CNN has now retracted its rash comments, but no outright apology has been forthcoming.
China's Public Security Minister Guo Shengkun arrived at the blast site in Tianjin to direct rescue operations and visit the wounded, making the first priority to ensure the security of the people's lives and property.
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