Funds earmarked for relief

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The central government has allocated 750 million yuan ($118 million) for quake relief and reconstruction efforts in Yunnan province, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said on Tuesday.

Another 30 million yuan was given to neighboring Guizhou province, which was also affected by the quakes on Friday.

Disaster relief materials, including 10,000 tents, 20,000 quilts and 20,000 cotton-padded overcoats, have been sent to the areas affected, the ministry said.

The National Development and Reform Commission, China's economic planner, said on Monday it will earmark 100 million yuan to support disaster relief efforts and reconstruction.

The money will be used to repair water pipelines, roads and other crucial projects, as well as the reconstruction of public facilities, including schools and hospitals.

Civil affairs authorities in Yunnan promised a daily subsidy of 10 yuan plus basic living necessities such as rice, edible oil and tents, for residents whose property was seriously damaged or who lacked a source of income for the next three months.

The Chinese Red Cross Foundation has donated 1 million yuan and relief materials worth 1.5 million yuan, according to the Red Cross Society of China.

The Republic of Korea plans to send humanitarian aid to China and is in consultation with Chinese authorities over aid of some $500,000, to be delivered to quake victims in Yunnan and Guizhou, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

On Tuesday morning, two more earthquakes, measuring 4.9 and 4.5, hit near Shidian county, about 1,000 km southwest of Yiliang, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

The tremors injured six people and at least 86,000 people were affected as of Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.

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Rosie Tuck is a copy editor at the China Daily website. She was born in New Zealand and graduated from Auckland University of Technology with a Bachelor of Communications studies majoring in journalism and television. In New Zealand she was working as a junior reporter for the New Zealand state broadcaster TVNZ. She is in Beijing on a 2017 Pacific Media Centre international internship with the AUT/China Daily Exchange Programme, in partnership with the Asia New Zealand Foundation. She is working as a journalist in the English news department at the China Daily website.