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Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) talks to quake survivors in Jinshansi Village, Guangping Town, Ningqiang County, Shaanxi Province, northwest China, May 31, 2008. Hu Jintao arrived in Shaanxi Province on Saturday morning to oversee quake relief operations. (Xinhua Photo) |
President Hu Jintao on Saturday morning arrived in northwest China's Shaanxi Province to oversee quake relief operations.
After nearly two hours of flight from Beijing, Hu arrived in Hanzhong City, one of the worst-hit areas in Shaanxi during the devastating earthquake on May 12.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao talks to a resident injured in the May 12 quake in Jinshansi Village, Guangping Town, Ningqiang County, Shaanxi Province, northwest China, May 31, 2008. Hu Jintao arrived in Shaanxi Province on Saturday morning to oversee quake relief operations.(Xinhua Photo) |
Hu arrived at Ningqiang County and visited children studying in makeshift shelters.
He extended his greetings to children in the quake-hit regions as well as children in the whole country ahead of the Children's Day which falls on June 1.
A magnitude 5.7 aftershock hit Ningqiang around 4 p.m. on Tuesday, leaving at least one injured, 860 houses destroyed and 3,100 damaged, official statistics showed.
Almost all the 340,000 locals in Ningqiang County were urged to live outdoors amid fear of possible aftershocks.