10 years of reconstruction after earthquake in China's Shaanxi

Tourists walk at the Qingmuchuan ancient town in Ningqiang County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, April 5, 2018. Ningqiang County received about 3.94 million visitors and tourism revenues reached 2.07 billion yuan (328 million U.S. dollars) in 2017. Ningqiang County was hit by a devastating earthquake which centered in Wenchuan County in southwestern China's Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008. After ten years of reconstruction, living conditions has been improved and the economy has rebounded strongly. About 113 resettlement sites were built and about 23,000 families moved into new houses. Some 66 schools were reconstructed and about 268 new village clinics were built. (Xinhua/Tao Ming)