New thinking crucial to rebuilding quake zone

More than 20 days after the 8.0-magnitude quake jolted Sichuan province, we are now facing another mission no less challenging than saving lives under the rubble: rebuilding the homes and cities destroyed by the quake.

As the quake-affected area is still being rocked by aftershocks, which have numbered 10,000 by this week, the affected zones are still troubled by new landslides or tremors. Therefore, the people still have to live in temporary shelters.

Yet, this is the best time for us to draw a blueprint of reconstruction in these areas. The earlier we fix the plan, the better it would be and the more fully prepared we can be for carrying it out. Talents and resources from as many departments as possible should be involved in fixing the plans.