Zou Ming, director of the disaster relief department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, speaks at a press conference in Beijing, capital of China, April 18, 2010. Rescuers in the quake-hit Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of northwest China's Qinghai Province have saved 17,000 people trapped after Wednesday's 7.1-magnitude earthquake, said Miao during the press conference held by the Information Office of the State Council here Sunday. [Xinhua]

Miao Chonggang, deputy head of the China Earthquake Administration's quake relief and emergency response department, speaks at a press conference in Beijing, capital of China, April 18, 2010. Rescuers in the quake-hit Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of northwest China's Qinghai Province have saved 17,000 people trapped after Wednesday's 7.1-magnitude earthquake, said Miao during the press conference held by the Information Office of the State Council here Sunday. [Xinhua]