3. Evaluation of Six Years of Reconstruction Since the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake

The Great Sichuan Earthquake in 2008 caused colossal losses with 69,227 fatalities and 17,923 missing. The Chinese government had 15 million people evacuated within ten days after the earthquake and provided 12 million evacuees with temporary housing unit within 100 days, and almost completed the reconstruction project within 1000 days, achieving changes equivalent to what would usually take twenty years. In this paper, we shall review how the reconstruction system after natural disasters in China is changing to be local government and community-based, taking into account points for reconsideration about the nation-wide and government-centered system, as a shift following the miracle of reconstruction in Sichuan.