Special report: Reconstruction After Earthquake
MACAO, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Members of an ad hoc group of
the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) Friday left here for China's
Sichuan province, where they will sign agreements with the provincial government
on six reconstruction projects in the quake-hit province.
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Residents work at the construction site
in Luobozhai Village of Yanmen Township, the quake-hit Wenchuan County,
southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 8, 2008. Luobozhai, less than 10
kilometers from the county seat, is the biggest Qiang ethnic village
existing in China. The village was once the capital of the ancient Qiang
King and then called "the city upon the clouds." The houses in the village
were built of soil, joining with each other and forming up the whole
village as one. However most of the soil-built houses collapsed due to the
May 12 earthquake, which killed 48 people here. The Qiang ethnic villagers
used wood and bamboo mattings to build up temporary houses after the
quake, and received food and winter necessities from the local government.
The new houses donated by Jiangmen City of Guangdong Province are under
construction at present. All the new houses can resist 8.0-magnitude
earthquake and will be covered with soil to keep the village's traditional
outlook.(Xinhua/Chen Xie)
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China's president visits quake-hit Sichuan to
check rebuilding
CHENGDU, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- President Hu Jintao visited
quake-hit Sichuan Province over the weekend, showing concern for survivors and
inspecting reconstruction work as winter set in.
It was Hu's second visit after the May 12 earthquake.
Hu's last visit was on May 16, when quake relief work was in a critical phase.
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