(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-05-19 17:51

Communication in most counties hit by the devastating May 12 quake in southwest China have been restored, said a senior official with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Monday.

Communication fiber cables in Wenchuan, Lixian, Maoxian, Qingchuan, Pingwu and Heishui were all through, but Beichuan still had to rely on emergency communication vehicles, said Xi Guohua, vice minister of the ministry at a press conference.