(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-06-02 08:50

BEIJING  -- As nearly 1.8 million members of Communist Party of China risked their lives on the frond line against the major quake that claimed nearly 70,000 lives, the Party has gained the hearts of 1.3 billion people.

The 28-year-old policewoman Jiang Min has moved China for her devotion to quake victims while ten members of her family living in Beichuan county, one of the worst-hit areas, passed away including her only daughter.

"I had just talked with my baby on phone one day ago," she said. But she did not leave her post in the neighboring city Pengzhou to help displaced people settle down.

In the week following the earthquake, she had worked at temporary shelter camps and barely slept until she fainted on the spot.

While parents were criticizing the shoddy construction of school buildings, they could not help crying for teachers who lost their lives to save students.

Tan Qianqiu, a teacher of Dongqi Middle School in Deyang City, opened his arms over a desk to protect his four students at the moment of the earthquake. He died, but he succeeded.

"The four students survived under the shield of Tan's body," a rescuer said.

"The quake has been a practical and direct test of the Party members, officials and the Party's organizations," said Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping.

He has called on CPC members to take the lead in relieving the after-effects of the earthquake.

The order was followed by tens of thousands of CPC officials.

Qu Yong'an, vice magistrate of Beichuan County, joined the rescue work soon after kowtowing towards the ruins of his house where ten of his family members, including his parents, were buried under the debris.

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