30 years of changes after 1976 earthquake

Tangshan, which was leveled by an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale in 1976, enters a fast lane of economic development, with its GDP reaching 202.7 billion RMB yuan (about 25.25 billion US dollars) in 2005. Photo taken July 27, 2006 shows the renovated Tangshan Anti-Earthquake Museum.

Photo taken July 15, 2006 shows a freighter anchors at a port of Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province. Tangshan was said to have been erased from the face of the Earth after an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale flattened the centry-old industrial base in 1976.

Photo taken July 27, 2006 shows the hall of renovated Tangshan Anti-Earthquake Museum.

An elder woman plays with a little child in front of a monument marking the 1976 earthquake in Tangshan City of north China's Hebei Province, July 27, 2006.