The Chinese government is "trying its best" to look for families for orphans in the Qinghai quake zone while trying to give them special care, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Russia will give humanitarian aid to quake-stricken China, a source at the Emergency Situations Ministry told Russian media on Friday.
Sexu Monastery of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province has donated more than 12.5 million yuan to the earthquake-hit Yushu county.
A Chinese health official expressed concern over psychological health of quake survivors in Qinghai Province and said the possibility of suicides following the April 14 quake can not be ruled out.
About 60 retail shops in Yushu in Northwest China's Qinghai province have reopened following the earthquake that struck the region to help meet the needs of local residents.
The world's largest Mani Stone Mound and a few monasteries - two features of Tibetan Buddhism - were among the hardest-hit in Northwest China's quake-ravaged Yushu, Qinghai province.
A book that teaches children how to deal with the aftermath of the earthquake in northwest China is expected to be distributed by the Ministry of Education Friday.
Rescuers had pulled 1,455 survivors out of collapsed buildings in northwest China's earthquake-struck Qinghai Province by Wednesday, a week after the devastating 7.1-magnitude quake, rescue headquarters said Thursday.
The current distribution of quake relief materials was going well after initial difficulties, according to an official with the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
China's government and military agencies are sending more disaster-relief to help people in the quake zone to get through the difficulties and harsh weather, according to a government official Thursday.
Drinking water both in rivers and wells is safe, and no water has been tainted in the quake area, said Zhao Haoming, chief of the department of environmental protection in Qinghai, at a press conference on Thursday.
Chinese companies in Ethiopia on Wednesday solicited money for victims of the recent earthquake in northwest China's Qinghai province.