The Chinese government on Saturday started a massive multi-million-dollar project to restore 87 monasteries damaged in a 7.1-magnitude earthquake that shook a predominantly Tibetan area in northwest China in April.
China's Health Ministry Wednesday said no major communicable disease or public health emergencies had occurred in the northwestern Yushu prefecture since it was struck by 7.1-magnitude earthquake in April.
Donations to the Yushu quake zone in northwest China's Qinghai Province have exceeded 8.7 billion yuan (about $1.28 billion) as of Monday noon, with about 7.9 billion yuan in cash and the remaining in relief materials, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
A total of 2,499 moderate and minor earthquakes have jolted the Tibetan county of Yushu in northwest China's Qinghai Province, since it was devastated by a 7.1-magnitude quake on April 14, the Qinghai earthquake administration said on Friday.
Eight aftershocks jolted Yushu County in northwest China's Qinghai Province Thursday afternoon, three of which measured above 5 on the Richter scale, the local earthquake administration said.
Monks across China Wednesday morning chanted prayers for the victims of the earthquake that struck northwest China's Qinghai province in April, exactly 49 days after the deaths, which according to Buddhist belief marks the start of the souls' reincarnation.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has called on authorities to ensure earthquake survivors in Qinghai Province receive adequate food and financial assistance to maintain their livelihoods.
A mental health facility was established in Yushu, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Thursday to provide psychological counseling for the victims of last month's massive earthquake.
The Chinese government has given priority to the rebuilding and repairing of residential houses during post-quake reconstruction in northwestern Yushu.
The 11th Panchen Lama, one of the most revered figures in Tibetan Buddhism, on Saturday led more than 700 Tibetan monks at Taer Monastery, Qinghai province, in prayer for victims of a devastating earthquake in the province's Yushu region last month.
The 11th Panchen Lama arrived in Gyegu town in the predominantly Tibetan region of Yushu, Qinghai Province, Friday to host prayer services for the victims of the 7.1-magnitude earthquake that killed at least 2,200 people on April 14.
Hundreds of blue tents, sprawling across a course where horses used to race, are serving as temporary homes for residents in Gyegu town, exactly one month after a deadly quake shook the Tibetan community in northwest China's Qinghai Province.
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