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China to inject $2.4b into Yushu reconstruction Updated: 2012-03-06 22:16 BEIJING - China will invest 15 billion yuan ($2.4 billion) into reconstruction work in quake-hit Yushu this year, the governor of Qinghai province said?on Tuesday. Yushu, a prefecture in Qinghai with a predominantly Tibetan population, was devastated by a 7.1-magnitude quake on April 14, 2010. More than 2,200 people were killed and thousands of homes were destroyed. The rebuilding work is complicated and arduous given Yushus geographic location and development level, Luo Huining said on the sidelines of the annual session of the National Peoples Congress, Chinas top legislature. He added that reconstruction projects concerning peoples livelihood would always be made a priority. Luo said 843 reconstruction projects, or 66 percent of the planned total, had kicked off by November last year, adding that 158 of them have been completed. Many people have already moved into new homes, as 85.9 percent of the total number of planned residential houses have already been built, Luo said, adding that the reconstruction of the areas Tibetan monasteries has nearly been completed Teenager set on fire to get free care Updated: 2012-03-07 07:43 By Shi Yingying and Wang Qingyun (China Daily) Zhou Yan, the 17-year-old who suffered horrific burns on her face and body when she was splashed with lighter fluid and set on fire in Hefei, Anhui province, was transferred to a plastic surgery hospital in Beijing for free treatment on Monday night. A reality TV show in Jiangsu province had invited the girl and her family to Nanjing, Jiangsu province, and contacted the Evercare Beijing Aikang Hospital to get treatment for her. The hospital agreed and will treat her at no cost.? Medical conditions in Zhou Yans hometown were not as good, said the girls lawyer, Li Zhixian.? Li said Zhou had been staying at home since the end of last year because the parents of Tao Rukun, her former classmate whom police suspect of set