Village has a new life after quake
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Massive rebuilding efforts have reshaped Yushu, 11 years after an earthquake hit the prefecture in northwest China鈥檚 Qinghai Province.
The remote region on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is seeking green development amid plans to increase its connections with neighboring Sichuan and Tibet areas and integrate development of rural and urban areas, according to the prefecture鈥檚 five-year development plan from 2021 to 2025.
At the ongoing fourth session of the 13th National People鈥檚 Congress, President Xi Jinping applauded local efforts to coordinate ecological protection, economic development, and the improvement of people鈥檚 livelihoods.
On April 14, 2010, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Yushu, flattening the plateau town of Gyegu and killing more than 2,600.Xi went to Yushu after the quake to visit the disaster-hit residents and inspected post-quake recovery efforts.
鈥淚 have been very concerned about Yushu,鈥 Xi said when he joined a deliberation with lawmakers from the Qinghai delegation on Sunday. 鈥淚鈥檓 pleased to hear of its rapid development after the quake. I believe Yushu will be an even better place.鈥
Cai Chengyong, deputy Party chief of Yushu prefecture, said post-quake reconstruction has driven the flow of people, logistics, capital, and information. 鈥淚t has also attracted entrepreneurs and tourists.鈥
Rebuilding started shortly after the quake. Thanks to a nationwide effort led by the central government, a total of 44.8 billion yuan (US$6 billion) was poured into the highland town within three years 鈥 eight times the total investment in the 58 years between Yushu鈥檚 establishment and the quake.
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