|
CHINA> National
![]() |
|
Chinese Premier back in quake area to inspect rebuilding
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-09-03 20:26 BEIJING - Premier Wen Jiabao inspected repair work and raised morale among residents over the past three days, during a visit to southwestern Sichuan Province nearly four months after the devastating May 12 earthquake.
"The relief work so far is successful," said Wen, on his fourth visit to Sichuan since the quake. "Now we are entering a critical stage to boost rehabilitation." With a combination of temporary housing and repaired buildings, about 4.45 million homeless families in the province have found accommodation. Wen visited Zaoshu Village, Qingchuan County, one of the worst-hit areas, as the villagers were busy building or repairing houses. A couple, Shi Guangwu and Zhang Zhengfang, told him that they received a subsidy of 23,000 yuan (US$3,333) from the government to build a new residence. Under a provincial government policy issued in June, rural families who lost their homes will build new ones under government supervision. Each will receive about 20,000 yuan from the government. "I am glad to see farmers in the quake area are busy rebuilding their homes with their own hands. As long as we carefully plan and organize the work, new houses will rise soon," said Wen, who expressed appreciation for their self-reliant attitude.
During the four-day trip beginning Sunday, Wen also visited an urban community in Qiaozhuang Town, Qingchuan. Permanent home rebuilding has not started in the urban area yet as the government is working on a subsidy policy for urban survivors. He explained to the residents that work has to be done to evaluate the condition of damaged houses and develop a rehabilitation plan. "As soon as a policy is formulated, rebuilding will start," he said. Besides residential buildings, schools and hospitals are priorities in rehabilitation. At a temporary hospital in Qingchuan, Wen promised patients that the new hospital would be built soon and medical facilities would be better than before the earthquake. |
|||||
昭平县| 梁山县| 石门县| 弋阳县| 安溪县| 台东县| 吉林省| 岱山县| 英吉沙县| 永胜县| 琼海市| 张家界市| 台中市| 彭山县| 和平县| 山东| 郸城县| 彰化县| 平度市| 南华县| 淮南市| 宜章县| 商南县| 鸡泽县| 云和县| 西华县| 澄迈县| 敦煌市| 军事| 甘南县| 武夷山市| 云龙县| 日喀则市| 股票| 霍林郭勒市| 舟曲县| 隆德县| 焉耆| 高雄市| 延庆县| 宝坻区|