$1b loan to quake zone gets approval
By Cui Xiaohuo | China Daily | Updated: 2008-11-13 07:45
A distraught mother and daughter console each other on Tuesday in front of a monument at a the country's first earthquake relic park in Qingchuan, Sichuan province. The park officially opened yesterday. Wang Xiwei |
Six months after the Sichuan earthquake, the Cabinet on Tuesday approved five international organizations to provide emergency loans totaling $1.5 billion, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced yesterday.
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