Special report: Strong Earthquake Jolts SW
China
BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- The quake death
toll has risen to 55,239 in Sichuan alone as of 7 p.m., Thursday, said Li
Chengyun, vice governor of Sichuan on Friday in Beijing.
About 83,988 people were rescued. The quake also
injured 281,066, while 24,949 are still missing, said Li. Full story
BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- "We need tents and
makeshift houses, More than five million of the quake affected needs proper
shelters," said Li Chengyun on Friday. Full story
BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- China's
post-earthquake reconstruction work will take three years of time, said Li
Chengyun, vice governor of Sichuan here on Friday. Full story
BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Four officials in
Dujiangyan were punished for neglecting their duties in disaster relief, said Li
Chengyun, vice governor of Sichuan, on Friday. Full story
BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- We haven't got any
alert information before the earthquake, said Li Chengyun, vice governor of
Sichuan on Friday, adding that he himself hadn't seen any natural phenomenon
suggesting an imminent earthquake before the May 12 quake. Full story
BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) --
More than 7,000 aftershocks have hit Sichuan after the May 12 8.0 magnitude
quake, with the greatest of them measuring 6.1 magnitude, said Li Chengyun, vice
governor of Sichuan on Friday. Full story
BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) --
Authorities in China's quake-hit province of Sichuan vowed to severely punish
those who impropriate rescue tents, which are urgently needed for sheltering 5
million homeless quake victims, said Li Chengyun, vice governor of Sichuan here
on Friday. Full story
BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) --
We have started to investigate the quake-caused economic loss, and production is
in gradual restoration, said Li Chengyun, vice governor of Sichuan Province on
Friday. Full story
BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) --
A government official pledged Friday that authorities in earthquake-hit Sichuan
Province in southwest China would use all relief cash and supplies in a
transparent way by publishing the detailed information about how they are used
on the Internet. Full story
BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) --
The quake-hit areas are mountainous and this has set great difficulty for
reconstruction work, said Li Chengyun, vice governor of Sichuan on
Friday. Full story
BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- The Quake-hit area needs antibiotics most among the medicines, said Li Chengyun, vice governor of Sichuan on Friday. Full story
BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Thirty-three roads in China's quake-hit Sichuan Province remained blocked after the May 12 earthquake, said Li Chengyun, vice governor of Sichuan here on Friday. Full story
BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- More than 200,000 volunteers are working in quake-hit areas in southwest China's Sichuan Province, vice governor Li Chengyun told a press conference in Beijing Friday. Full story
