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Preliminary work on reconstructing quake-hit Beichuan County has begun. The newly rebuilt area will cover 10 square kilometers and house more than 10 thousand residents.
Shunyi village is one of the targets of the reconstruction project.

A demolition team and local officials are carefully measuring houses that will be knocked down. They aim to ensure people are adequately housed in new accommodation.

Several people will oversee the process of measuring the homes which will be demolished.

A Village representative of Shunyi village, said, "We will try to make sure it is satisfactory for everyone. If you have any doubts or question, just tell us."
The total area of Zhang Zhenghai's two-storey house is 274 square meters, including farmland and crops. Zhang will get 20 thousand yuan compensation in total.
Mu Quanjin, Deputy director of Land Resources Bureau, Beichuan, said, "Things that cannot be moved, such as stoves and water pools, even pipes, will all be compensated for. Trees and equipment are also included."
Zhang will eventually get a new 105 square meter apartment.
Before reconstruction work is complete, every family member will receive a 150 yuan subsidy each month.
All the residents in the area where houses will be demolished will be covered by social insurance. They will also be guaranteed a stable salary after they move.

Today's Shunyi village will become the town center of the rebuilt county, with libraries, cultural centers, a quake memorial building, a Qiang folk museum and a history museum.

The new county will employ a lot of workers, in particular the Beichuan-Shandong industrial park. Free vocational training will be given in cloth manufacturing, construction and tourism.

Mu also said, "There is no problem for living here, and we are confident the living standards of residents will be greatly improved. Life here will be better."

Land requisition and house demolition will be completed before the end of March, and work on constructing the new Beichuan County will start in April.

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