STORY: Post-quake reconstruction speeds up in China's Gansu
SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage
DATELINE: Aug. 15, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:53
LOCATION: LANZHOU, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the new houses
2. STANDUP (English): CHENG NAN, Xinhua correspondent
3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MA XUEQING, Resident of Tuanjie Village in Linxia
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HAN XIAO, Official in Jishishan County of Linxia

STORYLINE:

Post-quake reconstruction is in full swing in Jishishan County in northwest China's Gansu Province. More than 10,100 households will move into their new rooms soon.

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Jishishan in December last year, leaving over 150 people dead in Gansu and neighboring Qinghai Province.

STANDUP (English): CHENG NAN, Xinhua correspondent
"Over 240 buildings including 8,000 flats and more than 1,900 houses have been finished construction by the end of this July. Disaster recovery speed up in northwest China's Jishishan County. People who lost homes last December will move into new houses continuously this year."

SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MA XUEQING, Resident of Tuanjie Village in Linxia
"I will move into a 125-square-meter new flat. It's the first time that I saw the apartment. I am very satisfied with the new home."

SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HAN XIAO, Official in Jishishan County of Linxia
"The county government planned a total of 13 resettlement sites including 6 building resettlement sites and 7 bungalow resettlement sites. More than 10,100 households from 17 different towns will move into their new rooms."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Lanzhou, China.
(XHTV)