China's Gansu steps up efforts to build prefab houses for quake-affected people

STORY: China's Gansu steps up efforts to build prefab houses for quake-affected people SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 24, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: JISHISHAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of views in Jishishan 2. various of prefab houses for quake-affected people 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): NI PENGZHOU, Staff, Gansu Third Construction Group Co., Ltd. 4. various of prefab houses for quake-affected people STORYLINE: Construction workers have been stepping up efforts to build prefabricated houses in northwest China's Gansu Province so that residents impacted by a recent 6.2-magnitude earthquake can move from tents to warmer structures for the winter. According to the housing and urban-rural development bureau of the Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, a total of 12,000 prefab houses will be built by Wednesday. The massive earthquake jolted parts of Gansu Monday last week. In Bonan-Dongxiang-Salar Autonomous County of Jishishan in Linxia, 117 have been killed and 781 injured, an

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