Hong Kong's donors had contributed over 100 million HK dollars (12.9 million U.S. dollars) for earthquake victims in northwestern China's Qinghai Province via the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong, a senior official with the Liaison Office said Friday.
Heavy snowstorms fell on Qingshuihe section of the 214 National Highway, which leads from the provincial capital Xining to the quake-devastated Yushu, on Wednesday night.
A month after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake devastated Yushu county, residents and officials are still removing animal carcasses and other environmentally-hazardous waste to prevent ecological damage.
As Yushu struggles to recover from the devastating earthquake that killed at least 2,200 people in April, Tibetan mastiffs, an ancient and expensive breed in China, are dying because of shortages of food and medicine.
The Hong Kong government Tuesday approved a grant of 299,000 HK dollars for Hong Kong's Social Workers Across Borders to undertake relief projects for earthquake victims in China's Qinghai province.
Homeless since the devastating quake in Yushu on April 14, farmer Guo Wenfang and his family of six are determined to harvest their vegetables this year.
China has encouraged people in religious circles to make further efforts to help post-quake reconstruction in northwest China's Qinghai Province.
The mechanism China has put in place for post-earthquake relief and reconstruction is impressive, Deputy President of the Belgian House of Commons Andre Flahaut said.
The Chinese government will hold a week-long campaign nationwide from Friday to May 13 to improve public awareness of disaster control, after a major earthquake hit northwest China's Qinghai Province last month.
Hong Kong volunteer Wong Fuk-wing, also known as Ah Fuk, who sacrificed his life in the course of attempting to rescue victims of the recent Qinghai earthquake, was laid to rest in his home city on Friday morning.
Reconstruction work in the quake-hit zone in Yushu prefecture, in northwest China's Qinghai province, should be finished within three years, China's Vice Premier Hui Liangyu said Thursday at a quake relief meeting held by the State Council.
China's quake-devastated Gyegu Township of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture began the reconstruction Wednesday of its flood control projects to prepare for the upcoming flood season, said local authorities.
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