After the earthquake on April 14, 2010, the students resumed their studies in Benxi.
ome 300 pupils and teachers took part in the commemoration here on Thursday, the first anniversary of the Yushu earthquake. A 7.1-magnitude quake that hit Yushu on April 14 of 2010 left more than 2,200 people dead.
Children at a kindergarten in Zhuji, Zhejiang province, remember the victims of the earthquake in Yushu, Qinghai province, on April 13, 2011
Orphaned last year when a 7.1-magnitude quake struck her home on April 14, Dekyi Chutso, 10, has battled loneliness ever since.
A senior Chinese leader has encouraged people living in Qinghai to build better lives after a devastating earthquake jolted the northwest province in April.
Meanwhile, many countries and international organizations are sending their condolences and support after the strong earthquake in Qinghai.
Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda has expressed, on behalf of all staff, the sympathy and condolences to those concerned after a powerful earthquake hit an ethnic region in northwest China´s Qinghai Province.