Leading a town from ruin to restoration is no easy task, Hongbai town's former top official says. Huang Zhuo headed Shifang city's finance bureau in Sichuan province before the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake and was responsible for allocating recovery funds until he became Hongbai's Party secretary in 2011. The 40-year-old left his post to join Shifang's land resources bureau less than a month ago, soon after talking to China Daily and before the April 20 Ya'an quake. "Everyone has a house, and industry has recovered," he says. "I'm happy to see our town becoming better every day." Thanks to the post-2008 reconstruction, Hongbai's buildings can withstand magnitude-8 temblors, Huang says. The town did not experience any problems during the recent tremor, aside from landslides. No injuries were reported.
Students and teachers find solace in new classrooms and a traditional martial art.
My cell phone ringing on Saturday morning on April 20, jarred me awake.
Monk Su Quan says he does not want the 108 children born in his temple after the quake to thank him by visiting.
Editor's note: The quake changed the lives of many, especially those living right at the epicenter. In this spread, we revisit Yingxiu, seeing how locals adapt to the changes of their livelihoods, how the town has transformed from a quake zone into a tourist destination and how students adapt exercise into their daily routines to overcome traumas.
Many survivors of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake have made a living commemorating the dead.
Teachers and students get active to escape the shadow of the earthquake.
It was my original plan to write about the reconstruction miracle on the fifth anniversary of the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan. But another devastating quake scuttled my plans and made it hard to get into the mood to write about recovery in my home province yet again.
Editor's note: The 2008 temblor shook almost every aspect of life in Sichuan province including that of pandas, one of the most loved animals in the world. In this page, we bring you to their new habitat and see how they are faring.
Wu Daifu has worked with pandas since he was 21, but he says the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake transformed his relationship with the animals - personally and professionally.
Li Yikui worked his way up from almost nothing to become a millionaire.
The private economy is surging in northeast China's Jilin province following government support and a series of pioneering projects, said local officials.
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