The aerial photo taken on May 26, 2008 shows the landslide mud that formed the Tangjiashan quake lake near Beichuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The earthquake-induced lake is at risk of bursting and threatening thousands of people downstream. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei) Photo Gallery>>>

Swollen lake tops China's quake relief agenda

    MIANYANG, Sichuan Province, May 27 (Xinhua) -- A swollen "quakelake" in one of the worst hit areas in China's devastating earthquake has topped the country's agenda of relief work.

    In a phone call on Monday night, Chinese President Hu Jintao told Vice Premier Hui Liangyu, who were in southwestern Sichuan province to oversee the quake relief work, that the relief task force must make sure no serious problems occur in the emergencies. Full story

China to relocate towns, villages in quake zone for rehabilitation

    BEIJING, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Rehabilitation in China's quake-hit zone will take a long time as quite a number of towns and villages need to move to new sites, said a report issued by the earthquake relief headquarters of the State Council here Tuesday.

    As the relief work has moved into a new stage, the headquarters plans to pick up preparation for rehabilitation and set up a team in charge of it, the report said. Full story