These warnings were broadcast through loudspeakers, mobile phones and televisions.[33] Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, asked local officials to “make saving lives the first priority, go all out to rescue people in disaster-stricken areas and minimise loss of life”. Li Keqiang, the Premier of the State Council, urged "swift evaluation of the situation, as well as all-out rescue and medical treatment efforts".[34]