Chinese leaders urges for all-out efforts in quake relief in Yunnan

BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese leaders, including Premier Wen Jiabao, Vice Premier Hui Liangyu and State Councilor Liu Yandong, have instructed relevant authorities to make all-out efforts in disaster relief work in quake-hit areas of southwestern China's Yunnan Province.

Photo taken on July 11, 2009 shows the tents built for displaced  people at Guantun Village, in Yao'an County, Chuxiong Ethnic Yi  Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Yunnan Province. A  total of over 3000 tents have been built up for local people who  suffered the 6.0-magnitude earthquake in Yao' an on Thursday.  Now more than 20,000 earthquake victims have been placed in tents  and have received basic relief materials.(Xinhua/Lin Yiguang)

The 6.0-magnitude earthquake, followed by a series of aftershocks mainly centered in Yao'an and five other counties administered by Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, has caused one death, and injured 348 others.

Premier Wen and other leaders demanded that quake relief materials should be sent to the quake zones as soon as possible, and that people injured during the earthquake receive timely medical treatment.

Special attention should be paid to the safety of students, teachers, and school buildings in the quake zones, they said.

As of Saturday, China's ministries of finance and civil affairs have allocated 38 million yuan (about 5.56 million U.S. dollars) to the quake-hit area of Yunnan.