Project to build 200 libraries in China’s quake zones

Xinhua – China – project was launched here Friday to help build 200 libraries for primary and middle schools in China’s quake-hit areas.

The China Writers’ Association, the China National Tobacco Corporation and the China Literature Foundation plan to build 90 libraries in the southwestern Sichuan Province, the area worst hit by the 8.0-magnitude earthquake on May 12.

There are also plans to build more than 100 libraries in other affected provinces including Gansu and Shaanxi.