$29m needed to rebuild school

Officials are seeking to raise more than 200 million yuan ($29 million) for the rebuilding of Beichuan Middle School, which was destroyed in the May 12 earthquake.

"With the help of Chinese people around the globe, we hope the new school will become a landmark of reconstruction," Yin Yuanyuan, an official with the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese (AFROC), said yesterday.

"Just like the National Aquatics Center has become a landmark of overseas Chinese's contributions to the Beijing Olympic Games," he said.