Special report: Reconstruction After Earthquake

Zhou Yongkang (R, Front), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) meets with a delegation of law-enforcement officials at a conference in the Great Hall of the People, July 15, 2008. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Yongkang, member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, on Tuesday praised law-enforcers in the earthquake relief work, calling them "loyal guards of the Party and the people."

    The law-enforcers have been proved to be "politically firm, strictly disciplinary, and staunch-styled," said Zhou while meeting a delegation of law-enforcement officials at a conference in the Great Hall of the People together with an audience to hear reports on quake relief deeds.

    He urged law-enforcement officials throughout the country to learn from the heroic units and individuals in the quake relief work.

    The May 12 earthquake in the southwestern Sichuan Province left more than 80,000 people dead or missing.

Audience applause after hearing the reports on quake relief deeds given by a delegation of law-enforcement officials at a conference in the Great Hall of the People, July 15, 2008. Zhou Yongkang, member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, on Tuesday praised law-enforcers in the earthquake relief work, calling them "loyal guards of the Party and the people." (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

Performance on quake relief marks Party anniversary

    BEIJING, June 30 (Xinhua) -- On the stage, the land and mountains are shaking, houses are cracking and collapsing, and the clock stops at 14:28.

    The curtain went up with a song, "I must find out you wherever you are. Hand in hand, we'll never stay apart, no matter we live or die." Full story

Quake relief shows Party's strength

    CHENGDU, June 29 (Xinhua) -- The current earthquake relief and rebuilding work have further displayed the nature and capabilities of the Communist Party of China (CPC), said Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping Sunday in a tour to quake-hit areas of Sichuan Province.

    The mainstay role played by Party organizations at different levels, Party members and officials in the anti-quake campaign shows that the recent years' efforts to Party building have been "very fruitful," said Xi, also member of the Standing Committee ofthe CPC Central Committee Political Bureau. Full story