Year after quake, survivors restart in new homes

Therefore, more than 500,000 families still have to live in the temporary makeshift houses in Sichuan.

The Sichuan provincial government said last week it aimed to finish rebuilding of rural houses by the end of September this year and those in cities by next May.

The central government planned to complete reconstruction in the quake zone before September 2010, a year earlier than previously expected.

It had already invested 360 billion yuan in post-quake reconstruction as of April, one-third of the planned budget.

Tuesday marks the first anniversary of the earthquake, which left 68,712 people dead and another 17,921 missing.

Wang said he was now living right in an unexpected dream nearly a year after the disaster, and smiles crept back onto his face.

Editor:Zhang Ning