Special Report: Reconstruction After Earthquake

    BEIJING, Feb. 17 --It's the ploughing season and farmers in quake-devastated Wenchuan areas are busy working in the fields.

    Villager Han Luxue has grown 24 peach trees and more than a hundred plum trees. Under farm technician guidance, she is carefully treating her plants with pesticide sprays.

    SOUNDBITE: Han Luxue, a villager

    "We may earn more than 10,000 yuan this year from harvesting peaches and plums. I must work hard to make full use of the government's relief policies."

    The 8.0 magnitude earthquake ruined irrigation systems and houses in most villages in Wenchuan, the hardest hit areas in Sichuan Province. Nine months after the tragedy, survivors hope to put the quake behind by working hard to rebuild.

    SOUNDBITE: Chen Xingfu, chief of the village committee

    "We plan to rebuild the tunnels and ponds broken by the earthquake, and we'll not let crops ruin in the fields again. People are resolved to pick up the pieces and get their life back."

    Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Wenchuan.

    (Source: XHTV)