A October 5 report by Lianhe Zaobao about the China-Nepal joint scientific expedition team traveling to Nepal to investigate the causes of the disaster and support the rebuilding of the Gyirong port noted that the casualty statistics it cited were still as of September 5.
According to official Chinese Communist Party (CCP) reports, 43 deaths have been confirmed in the mudslide disaster at Gyirong Port, while 519 people remain missing; on the day the disaster occurred, there were only two survivors, both local villagers who escaped on their own, and the number of survivors has not increased many days after rescue operations began.
On September 5, Chinese Communist Party official media announced that Xiao Fugui, a police officer at the Gyirong port border inspection station, was driving to the port on the morning of August 30 when he spotted danger, did not reach the port and thus narrowly escaped death, and he filmed footage of the disaster; official media also promoted his remarks as one of the first team members to reach the core disaster area, tightly holding the five-star red flag.
The Global Times published an article accusing the US of making an unreasonable demand by seeking entry and exit records from the Gyirong port, claiming that infrastructure in the disaster area and personnel registration ledgers may have already been destroyed.
On the evening of September 3, 2026, the Global Times published an article criticizing the U.S. demand for border entry and exit records from the day of the Gyirong mudslide as deliberate obstruction, and claiming that the flood had already washed away the port's personnel registration ledgers.
For several consecutive days, the US Embassy in China has asked the Chinese side to provide updates on the search and rescue efforts for the Jilong mudslide, the identities of the victims, the situation of foreign nationals, and entry-exit records at the port. A Global Times article said this was unsettling, and the Chinese side also claimed that the port had been severely damaged and records could not be provided. BBC reported that electronic records in Nepal show that within less than ten minutes after the mudslide occurred, the registration details of people who had handled business there could be checked.
After the disaster, a rescue worker planted the five-star red flag at the original site of the joint inspection building at Gyirong Port, and related reports spread with slogans such as "The national flag flies, the national gate stands tall."
On the morning of September 2, 2026, official media reported that the section of National Highway 216 leading to the Gyirong port had basically been cleared, with large machinery entering the core area to carry out operations and search and rescue for the missing persons.
According to data released by the Chinese Communist Party, on September 2 the roads leading to the disaster area were all repaired and cleared; a total of 7 teams and more than 2,500 personnel, 500 vehicle sorties of search and rescue vehicles, and more than 9,000 sets of search and rescue equipment were deployed in the relief effort, with drones air-dropping 5.43 tons of supplies, of which the People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police cumulatively deployed 500 person-times and 4 helicopter sorties.
On September 2, 2026, state media carried out patriotic propaganda at Tibet's Gyirong port, which was devastated by a mudslide, focusing on the flag-raising at the ruins of the destroyed joint inspection building and on the giant cliffside characters reading "I Love You, China" that had not collapsed.
During the critical first ten days of rescue work after the mudslide disaster at Gyirong Port, the Chinese Communist Party did not allow any international media to enter the disaster area to inspect and report; only afterward did a special office under the State Council organize and guide journalists and provide documents for their coverage.
China's professional rescue team arrived at the core area of the Jilong port more than 48 hours after the disaster occurred; officials subsequently said no more survivors had been found.
A netizen submission claims that a 32-member rescue team went missing while carrying out disaster relief at Gyirong Port, and subsequently arrived in a European country offering visa-on-arrival through international rescue channels.
On August 30, 2026, on-site reports showed that flood erosion marks in Gyirong, Tibet, reached approximately 60 meters high, with the river channel severely damaged, posing extreme difficulties for rescue and emergency response efforts.
Tibet police announced that 10 netizens, including Jiang and Liu, were punished for posting information about the mudslide disaster at the Gyirong port on the China-Nepal border.