Year after quake, survivors restart in new homes

Fei's new house was a two-storey Tibetan-style building, and his neighbors were moving into similar buildings in a residential zone, featured by Tibetan architectural styles.

The buildings in the residential zone were built with the assistance of Huizhou City in south China's Guangdong Province, which is arranged by the central government to provide one-to-one support for reconstruction in Sanjiang.

Huizhou City helped farmers of Heba Village purchase construction materials from manufacturers in the city at a price lowered by a third.

Fei, a father of three in his fifties, said it saved him 50,000 to 60,000 yuan for his 200-square-meter home, so he had no difficulty gathering the fund for the new house with his savings, government subsidies and bank loans.

Donations are also giving a helping hand in building new homes for quake survivors.