Guanghou, May 3 -- Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing has stressed sparing no effort in carrying out rescue and relief work after a section of an expressway collapsed early Wednesday in south China's Guangdong Province.

Zhang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks on Thursday when guiding the emergency response work of the disaster in the city of Meizhou, Guangdong Province.

Following General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping's instructions and Premier Li Qiang's request, Zhang led officials in charge of relevant departments to the scene to guide the rescue and disaster relief work.

Zhang learned about rescue operations on the site and then went ...