Students play at school on the first day at the newly-built Beichuan No. 1 Primary School, Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County, southwest China’s Sichuan province, August 24, 2009. The new school was built with aid from the Guangzhou construction authority. [Xinhua]
Chinese national flags wave above households roofs in Luobo village, Wenchuan county, southwest China's Sichuan province. Houses in this town are all built by loess soil, and were completely destroyed in the devastating Wenchuan earthquake of 2008. With preferential policies and financial aid, the new houses were built with 8.0-seismic-proof frame structures. [Xinhua]