China marks 1st quake anniversary

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Source: CCTV.com | 05-12-2009 19:26

Tuesday marks the one year anniversary of the magnitude 8 earthquake in Sichuan province, which killed nearly 70 thousand people. Nearly 18-thousand people remain missing.

President Hu Jintao called on the whole nation to carry on and strive for a better tomorrow.

President Hu Jintao and Vice Premier Li Keqiang attended a ceremony at the epicenter, Yingxiu Town, Wenchuan County.

Hu Jintao called on the whole nation to carry on and strive for a better tomorrow.

2:28 pm, May 12, 2008. A moment of life and death for the whole country.

It's been engraved at the epicenter of last year's massive earthquake for people to recall their loss and remember their endurance.

Yingxiu Town was one of the worst-hit areas. More than half of its ten thousand residents were killed.