Aihua Motors' Contribution to the Wenchuan Earthquake Victims

Oct. 27, 2008 - PRLog -- The 2008 Sichuan earthquake or "Great Sichuan Earthquake", which measured at 8.0 Ms according to Chinese Earthquake Administration (CEA), and 7.9 Mw according to USGS, occurred at 14:28:01.42 CST on May 12, 2008 in Sichuan province of China. It was also known as the Wenchuan earthquake after the earthquake's epicenter in Wenchuan County, Sichuan province.


Official figures (as of July 6, 2008 12:00 CST) state that 69,197 are confirmed dead, including 68,636 in Sichuan province, and 374,176 injured, with 18,340 listed as missing. The earthquake left about 4.8 million people homeless, though the number could be as high as 11 million. It is the deadliest and strongest earthquake to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, which killed at least 240,000 people. Approximately 15 million people lived in the affected area.


Chongqing also felt the earthquake. Four pupils died in the afternoon when an earthquake toppled two primary schools in the outer Liangping County of Chongqing. More than 100 students were reportedly injured, the local government said. Fortunately, the earthquake caused no serious damage to the urban area.


There has been a strong outpouring of support in China for the victims of the Sichuan earthquake. Aihua Motors (http://www.aihuamotors.com) tried to reach out to those affected people. Mr. Fu Zijun, President of Aihua Motors, contributed 50,000 RMB to the victims in the Wenchuan Earthquake on the 16th, May. Staff of Aihua Motors also posted their best wishes to Sichuan victims and donated voluntarily 15,000 RMB to support earthquake victims and help the recovery.

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