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Lottery raises over 7b yuan for China's quake relief

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-12-07 09:58

Beijing - China's welfare lottery has raised over seven billion yuan ($1.1 billion) for the country's quake-stricken area in its Southwest since 2008.

The preliminary count was announced by China's Welfare Lottery Distribution and Management Center on Monday, a few weeks before the deadline for the fund-raising project.

The project was initiated shortly after an 8.0 magnitude earthquake devastated China's southwestern region in May 2008, which left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.

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Designed to last for a 30-month period starting on July 1, 2008, the special fund-raising project will conclude on the last day of this month.

China's welfare lottery started in 1987.