A resident takes care of a child in a prefabricated house at a temporary resettlement site in Gaoli Village of Liuji Township, Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Rui)
JISHISHAN, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- A total of 15,812 prefabricated houses had been built as of 3 p.m. Friday to provide shelter for earthquake-affected residents in hard-hit townships of northwest China's Gansu Province, the provincial earthquake relief headquarters told a press briefing.
Medical and material distribution points have also been set up for quake-affected residents at resettlement sites.
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the Bonan-Dongxiang-Salar Autonomous County of Jishishan in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture last week, resulting in hundreds of casualties and collapsed or damaged buildings.
The quake-hit areas will complete site selection for residential houses before Jan. 15, 2024, to ensure completion of their construction by the end of October 2024.
Children play at a temporary resettlement site in Gaji Village of Liugou Township, Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Ma Xiping)
Residents rest in a prefabricated house at a temporary resettlement site in Dahe Village of Dahejia Township, Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)
A resident carries food at a temporary resettlement site in Gaoli Village of Liuji Township, Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Ma Xiping)
A resident prepares for cooking in a prefabricated house at a temporary resettlement site in Gaoli Village of Liuji Township, Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Ma Xiping)
Children play at a temporary resettlement site in Gaji Village of Liugou Township, Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Ma Xiping)
A resident stokes a stove in a prefabricated house at a temporary resettlement site in Gaoli Village of Liuji Township, Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)
A resident cleans her room in a prefabricated house at a temporary resettlement site in Shenjiaping Village of Shiyuan Township, Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Rui)
A child makes a drawing in a prefabricated house at a temporary resettlement site in Dahe Village of Dahejia Township, Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Rui)
Residents play Chinese chess at a temporary resettlement site in Shiyuan Village of Shiyuan Township, Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)
Technicians work on fiber-optic cables for prefabricated houses at a temporary resettlement site in Dahe Village of Dahejia Township, Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)
