The Chinese government has promised to help survivors of last year's devastating Wenchuan earthquake to move into new houses before the end of this year, according to a human rights document published on Monday.

The rebuilding of collapsed or seriously destroyed farmers' houses will be basically completed to ensure they can "move into new houses by the end of December 2009," says the National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2009-2010).

The government will take a series of measures to provide jobs for over 1 million people in the restoration areas, with emphasis on finding a job for at least one member of each jobless family, according to the document, published by the Information Office of the State Council, or Cabinet.

In these areas, the state will ensure urban residents' average disposable income and rural residents' average net income surpassing the levels before the earthquake, with a secured basic living standard for all people in the quake-devastated areas, says the action plan.

The government will rebuild and restore elementary and middle schools to a higher safety level, and priority is given to restoring and rebuilding county-level hospitals and public service institutions for disease prevention and control, women's and children's health care and family planning, as well as township-level clinics and township family planning service centers.

"Persistently supervising and checking the use of relief funds and materials to ensure that they are all sent to and used for people in the disaster-hit areas and for the smooth progress of the rehabilitation and reconstruction work", says the action plan.

(Xinhua News Agency April 13, 2009)