Pinpointing fault lines under urban areas

BEIJING -The government branch that deals closely with earthquakes plans to spend 67 percent of this year's budget on monitoring, analysis, damage prevention, and emergency rescues, according to a report made public on Saturday.

The China Earthquake Administration (CEA), which falls under State Council control, said that expenditures will go to earthquake-related operations and amount to 1.96 billion yuan ($297 million) in 2011, up nearly 570 million yuan from last year, .

Other expenditures within the administration's 2.91-billion-yuan overall budget include post-quake rebuilding, scientific and technological research, and education, with the bulk of that coming from the central government.