The reconstruction of a damaged road into the epicenter of the massive quake in Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, progressed further and was about 10 km away from the county seat as of 1:30 p.m. Thursday, said the Ministry of Transport.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said on Thursday it had accepted Taiwan-based China Airlines' offer to freight relief materials to quake-hit regions in Sichuan. The chartered flight was expected to leave Taipei at ...
Ren Hongbin, member of a car club in Mianyang city, southwest China's Sichuan Province, has driven between Beichuan, a county heavily ravaged by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake, to Mianyang at least ten times a day since Tuesday. He and ...
Temporary controls have been imposed on food prices and transportation fares in quake-hit provinces of Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi and Chongqing municipality to stem hoarding and speculation. Local authorities announced the move after t ...
No epidemic have been reported in quake-hit regions by now after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province, Gao Qiang, deputy health minister said here on Thursday at a press conference. Source:Xinhua ...
Minister of Water Resources Chen Lei said on Thursday that damaged water infrastructure, including reservoirs and hydropower plants, posed serious threats to flood control and security in earthquake-stricken regions, particularly in the har ...
A senior Chinese official said Thursday that the mainland welcomes an earthquake rescue team sent by the Red Cross organization of Taiwan to help with relief work in the quake-hit Sichuan Province. Source:Xinhua ...
China has allocated 400 million yuan (57.14 million U.S. dollars) from the central finance to the earthquake-hit areas for medical relief, a senior official of the Ministry of Health said Thursday. Out of the figure, 200 million yua ...
Telecommunications cables connecting Wenchuan County, the epicenter of Monday's devastating quake in southwest China, with other parts of the country resumed operation at 1:55 p.m. Thursday, said engineers with fixed-line operator China Tel ...
At least 600 people in Beichuan, one of the areas hardest-hit by Monday's 7.8-magnitude earthquake, have been rescued, according to information from relief officials. Information from the earthquake control and relief headquarters o ...
On May 12, an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, hit Wenchuan County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, which has caused massive losses and casualties. According to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the latest death toll has ri ...
Electronic tickets will be put into use comprehensively at 0:00 June 1, according to the IATA's arrangement of global implementation of electronic tickets. At the same time, paper tickets will no longer be available globally.The BSP (Bi ...
Chinese citizens are to be allowed to apply for U.S.-destined travel in groups starting from June 17, announced China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) and the U.S. Department of Commerce here on Thursday. Within six months fro ...
As of 8 a.m. Thursday, more than130,000 troops were engaged in rescue operations in areas ravaged by the quake. Also, by Thursday morning, rescuers had reached all 58 counties and towns stricken by Monday's massive quake. As ...
As of 10 a.m. on Thursday, 64,040 victims had been hospitalized in southwest China's Sichuan Province after a massive quick rocked this area, an official said. Among them, 12,587 patients were severely injured, Gao Qiang, deputy min ...
Sun Bigan, China's Special Envoy on the Middle East, will attend the Palestinian Investor's Conference held in Bethlehem, Palestine from May 21 to 23 at the invitation of the Palestinian National Authority, said a Chinese Foreign Ministry s ...
South Korea will temporarily remove visa hurdles for Chinese and Myanmarese nationals in South Korea who want to visit their homeland struck by natural disasters, the South Korean Ministry of Justice said Thursday. Under the measure ...
The Cambodian government on Thursday donated 100,000 U.S. dollars for the relief to the earthquake victims in China. On behalf of the Cambodian government, Hor Namhong, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, hand ...
Telecom services in some of the worst-hit counties of Sichuan province have been restored while those in Wenchuan and two other counties remain down, China Mobile, the country's largest cell-phone operator, said yesterday.Services in Li ...
PetroChina and Sinopec, the country's leading oil companies, have increased fuel supplies to earthquake-affected regions to assist disaster relief work, the firms said yesterday.PetroChina, China's largest oil firm, announced a move to ...
