Financial aid will cut Shifang rebuild time by 17 years
2008-07-24 07:30:08
Financial support from Beijing will help rebuild the quake-hit city of Shifang, Sichuan province, within three years, rather than 20, as initially forecast, a local official said yesterday.
Quake-hit workers get jobs in Shanghai
2008-07-24 07:30:08
Zhang Ke, a 19-year-old from the quake-hit town of Dujiangyan in Sichuan province, is looking forward to a bright future here.
Drought his Central China province
2008-07-23 09:04:02
A farmer squats on a parched piece of land, which used to be a pond, in Liuyang, central China's Hunan province July 22 2008. High temperatures and thin rainfall this summer have created a drought-like situation in the province.
Rainstorm leaves three dead, one missing in SW China
2008-07-22 06:37:25
Three people died and one is missing with dozens injured after downpours devastated southwest China's quake-hit Sichuan province from Sunday to Monday.
PLA soldiers begin to withdraw from quake-hit area
2008-07-21 13:14:00
Chen Yangmeng, an 11-year-old girl survived the fatal earthquake in May 12, presents a flower to a PLA soldier in Shifang of Sichuan Province on July 20, 2008.
Moderate earthquake hits northwest China
2008-07-17 08:51:08
A moderate earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted Tanggula region in northwestern Qinghai Province at 6:58 a.m. Thursday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.
Quake causes 58.3b loss in transport sector
2008-07-16 23:46:57
China's southwestern Sichuan Province suffered 58.3 billion yuan (8.3 billion US dollars) losses to its transportation sector in the May 12 earthquake, said the Ministry of Transport (MOT) on Wednesday.
UN China appeal to assist Wenchuan earthquake victims
2008-07-16 17:52:41
The United Nations launched today a US$33.5 million UN China Appeal for Early Recovery Support to assist victims of the devastating Wenchuan earthquake that hit China on 12 May, killing nearly 70,000 people, injuring hundreds of thousands and leaving over five million people homeless.
Qingdao Olympic regatta venue cleared of green algae
2008-07-16 07:12:44
All green algae at the Qingdao Olympic sailing venue has been cleared, said an official of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) on Tuesday.
May quake leaves 1.4 m people destitute
2008-07-15 07:08:43
The Sichuan earthquake has left 1.4 million farmers in about 4,000 remote villages in absolute poverty, an anti-poverty official said.
Rural medicare covers 91% of population
2008-07-11 10:28:08
China's rural cooperative medical insurance system, launched in 2003 to offer basic health care to rural residents, covers more than 91 percent of its target population.
Senior official oversees reconstruction in quake-affected zones
2008-07-11 10:21:50
Local governments should promote the spirit of quake relief to carry out reconstruction work and economic and social development, said a senior Chinese official.