Rescuers pulled at least seven people alive from the earthquake debris in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Saturday, five days after the tremor.

The 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Wenchuan County, about 159 km northwest of Sichuan provincial capital of Chengdu, at 2:28 PM on Monday.

The Information Office of the State Council put the quake death toll at 28,881 nationwide as of 2:00 PM Saturday. In Sichuan alone, more than 28,300 died, and at least 10,600 people remain buried, said Sichuan Province Vice Governor Li Chengyun.

The following are some basic facts about when and where the survivors were found and their condition:

1. At about 11:30 AM on Saturday, a 52-year-old man, Ji Zhongshan, was pulled from a collapsed building of a former five-story hotel in Beichuan County, about 160 km northeast of the epicenter.

"Actually, we heard his feeble voice crying for help from the debris Thursday morning, and we spent several hours locating his position," said Yang Bobi, a rescuer from the People's Liberation Army (PLA).

"But we met tremendous difficulties while removing the concrete wreckage. A pretty little mistake would kill Ji. It took three days for 168 soldiers to rescue him," he said.

Doctors said Ji, a staff member of an investment company from eastern Shandong Province, suffered severe injuries in the chest. After an emergency operation Saturday afternoon, he was in stable condition and would recover gradually, doctors said.

2. Zhao Fugui, a 69-year-old man in the Dazhu village of Beichuan was rescued by fire-fighters at 1:40 PM, after being buried for 119 hours.

He suffered dehydration and was under medical treatment.

3. In Yingxiu Township, in the epicenter county of Wenchuan, Jiang Yuhang, a highway administration employee, was extricated at about 5:12 PM after being trapped more than 120 hours in the rubble of his home.

The 20-year-old was on night shift and was sleeping when the earthquake struck on Monday afternoon.

Rescuers heard his voice at 8:00 AM on Saturday, and spent more than nine hours removing piles of debris.

"I was expecting to see my son's body, I never expected to see him alive," said Jiang's mother Long Jinyu, who arrived in Yingxiu about 2:00 PM on Saturday from Guizhou Province.

Chen Fei, who led the rescue operation, said they had detected at least two other buried who were alive.

4. A 31-year-old woman named Bian Gangfen was rescued at 6:18 PM on Saturday in Yinghua Township, Shifang City, after spending about 124 hours under the rubble of a chemical factory.

A group of fire-fighters discovered Bian on Friday night. They used life detection equipment to check on her every few hours during the rescue.

Bian was conscious when they carried her out and said "Thank you" to the people around her. Doctors said she had suffered back injuries and took her to a local hospital.

5. Also in Shifang, Zhou Zhi, 33, was pulled alive at about 6:00 PM from the rubble of a workshop above ground at the Jinhe Mine in Hongbai Township.

He was being treated at a local hospital.

6. A 61-year-old woman was saved alive Saturday evening by Russian rescuers after being buried for up to 127 hours in the rubble.

The woman was in good condition with a sober mind while being pulled from a collapsed residential building at about 9:16 PM in Dujiangyan, a city southeast of the epicenter of Monday's earthquake, Wenchun County.

"Her hands and feet can still move, and she can still speak," said Li Wenxin, a counselor from the Foreign Ministry who accompanied the Russian rescuers.

7. Also in Dujiangyan, Zhang Xiaoping, 46, was pulled from a collapsed residential building at about 11:06 PM., after being buried for almost 129 hours in the rubble. But he was immediately sent to hospital to have his legs amputated.

"He is still in danger," rescuers said.

Into the sixth day since the devastating earthquake, China's worst in more than 30 years, rescue forces, including more than 130,000 troops and rescuers from Russia, Singapore, Japan and the Republic of Korea, were still struggling to pull possible survivors from debris of collapsed houses, schools and factories.

(Xinhua News Agency May 18, 2008)