On 15 September 2010 ILO, jointly with IFRC and accompanied by the Mianzhu Labor Bureau, made a field visit to Qingping. For ILO it was the first visit to the area after it had been hit by a mudslide on 13 August. The purpose of the mission was to see how that Sichuan earthquake-stricken community was coping with the consequences of the recent catastrophe.