Feature: Restless recovery on post-quake Sichuan

A survey by Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HKPU) of the 1,600 households in Qingping in February suggests that each family lost 60,000 yuan in assets on average.

"The most difficult time the psychological pain is over, but it is replaced by confusion about the future," says Zhu Yuxin, a social work teacher from Sichuan Agricultural University, who heads the Assets-based Community Reconstruction program in Qingping under the sponsorship of HKPU.

"Our central guideline is to explore and integrate the inner strength of the fractured communities, so that effective means of livelihood will be secured.

"Right now, I'm also caught up by the complexity of problems. All that we can do is to make a detailed survey, right from the beginning," he says.

( By Gong Yidong, China Features )

Editor:Zhang Ning