Wenchuan County, the epicenter of Sichuan earthquake on May 12, 2008 and one of the severely destroyed areas, has been refreshed with the help from Guangdong Province. The reconstruction not only sees new towns and villages erecting on the relics of earthquake, but also changes Wenchuan residents' life and mind.

The new Weizhou Town. [China.org.cn]

Wenchuan County government is located in Weizhou Town and three earthquake fault belts pass through it. The earthquake destroyed all its public service facilities such as hospitals and schools and 70 percent of houses in the county. Its industry was wrecked. 80 percent of farmland was damaged. The total economic loss amounted to 63.4 billion yuan (US$9.29 billion).

After the earthquake, Guangdong Province became the aid partner for Wenchuan County with an investment of 82 billion yuan (US$12.01 billion) and 702 projects. All the schools in Weizhou were put into use in August last year and 10 major civil programs such as houses, hospitals, social welfare homes, roads, shelter plaza, drainage systems, gymnasiums and culture activity centers were completed last December. Villages featured with Qiang ethnic minority's culture such as Sanjiang and Shuimo have been reconstructed and open to tourists within one and half years.