国内英语新闻:China's Qinghai quake zones' GDP to be quadrupled by 2015

All villages would be connected by roads within three years, Luo said, adding that living standards of the farmers and herdsmen should be improved significantly.

In the meantime, Luo said the government would set up an all-inclusive public service network, covering education, health, culture and other aspects, to promote equal access to public services.

"Schools and hospitals shall become the safest buildings in the quake zones," he said.

The governor also pledged to improve infrastructure and to upgrade and trasform the regions's economic growth pattern more rapidly.

Environmental protection in the region would be also improved "by a large margin" in three years, while local ethnic cultural heritages would be better protected, he said.