Sichuan on firmer ground than a year ago

People in quake-hit Sichuan province need more help, especially from the government, even if they are holding their heads high despite the sorrow and challenges.

First, the government should give more loans to the poorer farmers for building quake-resistant houses, as the farmers are really penniless. Second, the government should take concrete measures to prevent decline of meat prices as this has dented the profit of pig farmers, as more than half of the farmers in Sichuan are counting on raising pigs to earn money.

These were the two priorities listed by 38-year-old Chen Xueliang and 30-year-old Wang Hua, who have carried on after losing their daughters to last year's quake in the severely-damaged Nanba town in Sichuan's Pingwu county.