A survivor squats near the collapsed remains of a building destroyed by Saturday's earthquake in southwestern China's Sichuan province. The quake killed at least 188 people and injured more than 11,000.

LUSHAN, China — The tent village that sprang up in two days to house quake survivors in mountain-flanked Lushan is no ordinary refugee camp. China’s full range of disaster response is on display: Trucks with x-ray equipment, phone-charging stations, bank tellers-on-wheels — even a tent for insurance claims.

The efforts under way today in mountainous Sichuan province after a quake Saturday that killed at least 188 people showed that the government has continued to hone its disaster reaction — long considered a crucial leadership test in China — since a much more devastating earthquake in 2008, also in Sichuan, and another one in 2010 in the western region of Yushu.

At a mini-clinic with two green cots in the open air and a small tent for doctors to sleep, a doctor said the government has learned the importance of fast coordination since the Yushu quake, which killed more than 2,600 people. Much of the initial relief in that disaster came from Buddhist monks and other nongovernment volunteers, partly because of the remoteness of the affected areas.

“After 24 hours or 48 hours in Yushu, things were not so orderly or settled in,” said the doctor, who like many government officials would give only her surname, Luo. “The government’s quick, organized response is very important. It’s no use to blindly come here and try to save people.”

Helicopters have been an obvious presence in the latest rescue efforts, used to reach outlying communities, unlike in 2008 when bad weather hampered their use in the critical first 36 hours. This time, better use of helicopters for reconnaissance — with remote sensing technology — and for the distribution of aid has allowed help to get out more quickly, said Teng Wuxiao, director of the Institute of Urban Public Security.