Photos by Xinhua photographer Du Huaju 　　The reconstruction work of disaster areas in Hubei Province is drawing to an end. Statistics indicate that the province needs to rebuild houses for 470,000 households of flood victims, construction of houses for 404,000 households had been completed by the eve of the New Year of 1999. Before the Spring Festival, 99.6 percent of flood victims are expected to smoothly move into new homes. 　　Bottom: Building of Jingang New Village, Mengxi Town of Gongan County in Hubei Province is nearing completion. At present, 313 households of victims in the village have mostly moved into new homes. 　　Bottom ( right): Flood victims Ming Shisheng and his wife are sunning vermicelli in front of their new home in Yangxin County. HomeNews 1999-01-25 Page1 Full Story in Chinese