Govt center in the air weighs on rebuilding

(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-07-22 17:39

CHENGDU: Faced with the gargantuan task of reconstruction after the devastating quake struck on May 12, Sichuan authorities are prepared to make any sacrifice to put the province's economy back on track.

This file photo shows the new administrative complex of the Chengdu government in Sichuan province. The controversial building, said to cost 1.2 billion yuan ($180 million), has been put on sale to raise funds for quake reconstruction. [China Daily]

"Chengdu this year will cut 10 percent of the operational cost of the departments under the Chengdu municipal committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Chengdu municipal government, the city's people's congress and political consultative conference," He Huazhang, chief of the provincial capital's publicity department, told media last Wednesday.

The 8.0-magnitude quake left 4,304 people dead, 33,506 wounded and more than 1 million homeless in Chengdu alone.

Economic losses were put at more than 120 billion yuan ($18 billion) for the city, 92 km from the quake epicenter.

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