2008年5月12日,四川汶川发生了里氏8.0级大地震,给灾区人民的生命财产带来了巨大损失。截至6月11日12时,已造成69146人遇难,374131人受伤,失踪17516人。大量房屋倒塌,部分工农业生产设施瘫痪,基础设施毁损严重。据有关部门估算,震灾已使近400万个家庭损失惨重,直接受灾人数超过1000万人。 On May 12, 2008, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Wenchuan in Sichuan Province, causing huge losses to the lives and property of the people in the disaster areas. As at 12 o’clock on the 11 June, 69,146 people were killed, 374,131 were injured and 17516 were missing. A large number of houses collapsed, some industrial and agricultural production facilities were paralyzed, and the infrastructure was seriously damaged. According to estimates by relevant departments, nearly 4 million families have suffered serious losses due to the earthquake and directly affected over 10 million people.