A special birthday party was held on July 14 for Yang Yifan, a soldier with the armed police detachment of Jiangxi's provincial armed police corps. The party was held in the village of Lianhu in Jiangxi's Boyang County. During the party, villagers offered the soldier "long life noodles," a traditional and auspicious Chinese dish, along with their heartfelt best wishes.

Yang's detachment has been hard at work on flood control measures in the region for the past 10 days. They have been helping to secure the Boyang dyke.