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Quake-hit regions get reconstruction money

(China Daily)
Updated: 2010-03-15 14:25

Donations exceeding 5 billion yuan ($732 million) have been allocated to reconstruction in the area hit by the 8-magnitude May 12 earthquake of 2008, the Ministry of Civil Affairs announced.

The ministry had received quake-relief donations of 5.06 billion yuan by Oct 31, 2009, all of which has been channeled into the southwest China quake zone, said a statement on the ministry's website.

Quake-hit regions get reconstruction money

Students play basketball at the reconstructed Mingyue primary school in Huaying, Sichuan province. [CHINA DAILY]

More than 4.5 billion yuan had been channeled to the governments of quake-hit provinces, and 528.6 million yuan to governments of provinces that provided quake-relief materials, said the ministry statement.

Worst affected Sichuan province received more than 1.9 billion yuan, Gansu province more than 1.75 billion yuan, Shannxi province 812 million yuan, Yunnan province 1 million yuan and Chongqing Municipality 59.4 million yuan.

The rest of the donations, 6.22 million yuan, were used in developing a donation information database, subsidizing customs officers in quake-hit areas, and purchasing rehabilitation devices for children.

Apart from the 5 billion yuan in donations, quake-relief donations listed as "special Party membership fees" of 7.98 billion yuan donated by the Communist Party members across China had also been allocated.

Xinhua