Li Changchun (C), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), visits an exhibition featuring the rescue work on the May 12 earthquake that hit southwest China, in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 20, 2008. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    BEIJING, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- China unveiled an exhibition hereon Saturday to commemorate the victims of the massive earthquake in southwest Sichuan Province and those who fell down in rescuing work.

    Li Changchun, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, announced the opening of the exhibition which shows the Chinese government and people's relief efforts as well.

Li Changchun (C), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), stands in silent tribute in the opening of an exhibition featuring the rescue work on the May 12 earthquake that hit southwest China, in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 20, 2008. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

 

    Addressing the opening ceremony, Liu Yunshan, head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, said the exhibition, which featured pictures, objects collected in the quake, would serve as a lively lesson to promote patriotism and the selfless spirit displayed in quake-relief work.

    The exhibition was jointly sponsored by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, the National Development and Reform Commission and the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army.

Li Changchun (C), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), speaks at the opening of an exhibition featuring the rescue work on the May 12 earthquake that hit southwest China, in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 20, 2008. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

 

    On May 12, a quake measuring 8.0 on the Richter Scale struck Wenchuan County in the southwestern Sichuan Province. The quake, which has left more than 80,000 dead or missing, was the deadliest and strongest tremor to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake.