Efforts Urged in Quake Reconstruction

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has said that reconstruction work of earthquake-shattered areas in Sichuan Province must still overcome challenges before it can be judged a complete success.

Auditor: Earthquake Funds Spent Properly

Only minor irregularities had been found in the use of funds involving 76 reconstruction programs in regions hit by last year's major quake, China's National Audit Office (NAO) said Monday.

>>Audit: No Major Misuse of Quake Relief Funds

After May 12 Earthquake

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At 2:28 PM on May 12, 2008, a 8.0 Richter Scale earthquake pounded Wenchuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
[Magnitude] 8.0
[Aftershocks] Over 30,000
 [Dead/Missing]69,227/17,923
[Survivors] 84,000
 [People resettled] 15.1 mln
[Direct losses] 845.1 bln yuan
[Gov´t quake rehabilitation fund by 2010] 3 tln yuan
[Domestic/Overseas donations] 59.27 bln yuan

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