Profile of Li Ming - DalianNews

CHENQGd !*^IT34^uS&ISuhU)L2Tl99n31!ZcLNfGDU -- Zhan Yingmei, 71, and her 73-year^!&9V -0jPpetje!*6rZrf tM*-old husband Yi Jian2K0OOOKxAHg1DvUU5Q5If5qyong used to lead a tranquil life in the1h8(SC7Ng2$vdW16cD-$OZpHAZZ7g1uJn4pi mountainous villagek@!tJ 6jpI9z+UUU4PAAhf0$lffW of Bayi in QingchuafIk9Z-ZVYaMff%F)jd0MAL0 j*3 #%JXan county, Sichuan prTT5!+x3GTw&n5m(6+Afrf*bhNtz(oovince.

But all that changed on MzBbay 12, when the earthquake destroyed theqK47x3%4EiNir house, farmland and killed Yi.

Zhan was really worojWOty1$F@GD)wried, as she has no AkTQOt&VBxC!MTchildren and did not know how she would EC@jYmake a living.

Elde%Y@0*y *rorly people from Sichuan province are welaJF--y^DsOfW$Zhl4)U&7Z^1WiTWTIRyyQ+comed on their arrivNN3@@xEBABN62%3jb*AwtzEkFYkeAYBal at Yinchuan railway station, Ningxia Hui autonomous region May 31, 2008. A to( j*me%TY4v0&c7YFezA-tal of 18 orphans and 65 elderly people tPGh2!96+UlBUX6 -usCvizwere transferred to dnnkfxhyIOe)3T37*@y4!!zO6OqG7homes in the provinc$Oicf)rjM#08eY+OQ1f!L3%KL)Cae. [China Daily]

However, H@ql0r9wrIiMVp0thanks to the Sichuan civil affairs depaZ1%SP#1F9jji^nRH8rtment, Zhan was ablE-2P+e to breathe a sigh 5mFT&H!9OYd*dgzxof relief last week +WRNQ(*g8QLA06PsIMqwtwhen she was given a place at the DafengJRZOEkv^3ocJEjv2#YAbC jJ$vDJ!68K&duyL Old People's Home ivv&Y3AEN!(co5B4v)jjn the Xindu districtfmuszz#QENcnpiVAvNy of Chengdu, the provincial capital.

"The home will purovide me with room and board for the rest of my life," she x4MVEIzZrpJMKtold China Daily.

Chen Kefu, depu wQTW-nT8MT05qxx5fAOgoYJdJNj@G(!3FE^4xty chief of the civi)H7c3Biz2l affairs departmentTamwrR^HQ6, said the earthquake left 2,500 senior citizens without theH)6CokaqgpM5-L8^S8QQXrssLb08EgdnXir spouses and made r4e1,400 children orpha2NQD8lUFEBB@&7Ahns.

Tens of tdGdChrT7TrIkP03 ^vd0XU8bgew5Ihousands of people have called asking toLBB-)@%s23&ym0 adopt orphans, he said.

"But almost no individuals oII eQBs-U8r institutions have 266C(clwgiG zWW+shown any interest iFkbKsI)#JrOpg0C&li8eEFqU!kpn adopting bereaved ^!H4URnjvV4GT7f4ntold folk," Chen said.

On May 28, tozCAAxthe provincial civil affairs bureau askeKPfgpweL6n@jpvd)S224%)!Md officials from 21 city- and prefecture-level departments tdeYM2(zGQnnhw-6AcSg5QuXEeFF1V1do do their best to sTq6r)3ilE0icKJMHnupport Sichuan's oldq5*+$3LwKaD#m #x&Y!S93&F5fo%Ttq@v people and orphans, as well as the 1,600 handicapped citize0aFJ!qEa-bKOTjAbc#LNUjJns bereaved by the e5aws8C!xnf0oJWsXOa13b^9Bsypxi3mREsarthquake.

"NcY(X)ow, all of them haveu(kIZE9lwa7 3zna y)P1T#-18rm been given places aF-+)JtaObB9AUXR7e@wy$ZX3McgVtt old people's homes or orphanages," he mVyMMm^OMt30I1s0t^0YixvNOsaid.

"They aK8rH)0stj@LhS!vewtlso get a monthly altU%yU%qF(QB!eF!f!Tm8KQ&33-RzWlowance of 600 yuan f($85), more than oth@wYQrKJwQp)elE!Y+Ier quake victims, wh7yrQcmw@S&)zf0HBS#iaU1wFwChM2iwQDjQ&%qo get 10 yuan and 50e8nnVA Qpp)gNkW%j q gzr)z+0 g of grain a day."S$NyUWg&Smno1ndr9cYdX

The Ministry of Civil Affairs anIki631iWItbm-QkyQZeF2fAH$qsegXkd the Sichuan provinasbV1QBZbVd0*)#5x&y@cial department of civil affairs have voh+%GVlMX&qTwed to do their utmoP$Q6PvcfBrQp+(^Jz6f#&LJPUCU%Lst to support all the bereaved elderly, XZ-p(i4oBYwR^! fforphans and the handk4R&V*s1$K#t-Afz6e00@*5Hij6icapped, he said.

For several day cff4HK#)6v18(#*&g7#YQmDs after the quake hiSeb5V5xNwm0#ft, the telephones at!XOi(fO4@dQPMDM9n84B+GQ the civil affairs d%Un!Nepartment were jammed with calls by people looking to adopt orphans, Chen said.

The problem was identifying exact6w)wM+B*jAhEcR4pMea9gBQWnHQqTly how many orphans there were, he said.2s

"Only a chilRs*s fmbKd who has lost both his father and mother can be called an oDOVrdHtak83t$ )Y9K*r+VT-nPb@lq+*Brphan. Some childrenY* 0jLq8J@FR51f+*#)&$'s parents are stilleEj^l@BEPAW)q5ii7Df5*X16(P^mPn1E missing," Chen said.

The process&7FE2EZJ%%axIcP)A@NB of identifying orph!Dans was further slowuKJaEyvISb my&Y@E*1KEqy Ved down by the fact 9that most of the depPartment's employees ecgg+rMc%+LBIoLeVSSkFwere also involved ipUCzIQXz zr2y$JTn handling donationsU^^Q 9ucqArw$xayf#G7 to the relief effort, he said.

The Ministry of Civil#cq7msv#+i9!HtNvCGwIMXM) Affairs and the Sichuan provincial government have formulatGF8Ned a regulation pert$B6LuygeDo0aining to the adopti27@hC1-jZPnikQbB1CC3gjA+$$w-F o5)on of orphans, he said.

Orphans' -bgOWrelatives will be gigb^Kj)q87%SO4kR$eIY10iigwV+w2ven priority when it comes to adoption, @DtK%8J&R0J!he said, while thosePIG6xj3y^vu!qVIbbfxaZ&-aM who want to adopt a child aged over 10,VY3BuyI^%hczCf6a-2z5J! must seek permission from his or her remaining family.

Preference will aINnQuSD*T)!8-gon(av46xTGaFbp6lso be given to thosSwc^e who live in the same town or city as t)BDaEs#cg^Dyihe child, he said.

Foreigners canf*tsUmA!-AT3&l1Y*#Y2j!3%*cyGGG1V@CXb6S apply to adopt orphans, but they must so)bKts%e#ZIXm+DHbcAfL)qjWubmit their applicatYPMH%gsOXaB2& HCJ+$%VAlxEgt$99Uyt2#ions to the civil afkv$PA-ccUnfairs bureau in the city in which the child has his or her p-hg5ermanent residence.

They must als#2j37i84H)tVuz3DFE*zo provide documentarKeVqy evidence of their personal circumstanc0si0kZEomSeUBJDU4es, including income and health.

l(a#kwl%@"Preference will be CT0a5uN1ADsW BEwwRBsXuBTp3frr0&Q-A+given to those with 6LF0ny@iVdx vWTiAoeYP(WRLUB*Vv5JI!hqthigh incomes and a gX3qZ3zJZyn^6&ood education," he s4Y BHl4kZ7^aid.