China Focus: Grass-roots officials pivotal in reviving post-quake Yushu (2)

They formed a rescue and relief team, mobilizing the village's militia, women's organization and members of the Communist Youth League of China to save lives and property, distribute aid supplies and register quake victims.

"Twenty days after the disaster, Trangu's reconstruction started," Drakga says.

Villagers in Trangu were among the first in Yushu to move into new residences.

With effective coordination from the village committee, Trangu has now successfully completed post-quake relocation programs and resulting compensations, said committee head Kunchok Phutso.

In the process of reconstruction, the village committee has also explored different ways to improve villagers' living standards.

It received 7 million yuan (about 1.12 million U.S. dollars) from the China Association of Poverty Alleviation and Development, a sum with which it purchased a shipment of machines and set up a sand-processing factory, according to Kunchok Phutso.

By providing building materials for post-construction projects, the factory made a profit of 4.5 million yuan in 2011.

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