(YANG GUANG)

Students of Shijia Primary School in Beijing donate books, stationery and toys to children in earthquake-ravaged Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, at a ceremony on May 31.

The school, together with a Beijing-based nongovernment organization for children, launched a long-term assistance program for the Yushu School for Orphans before Children's Day on June 1.

Chinese people and organizations had donated almost 7.13 billion yuan ($1.04 billion) in cash and goods for earthquake relief in Yushu by the end of May, said the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

The 7.1-magnitude earthquake that rocked Yushu on April 14 killed 2,698 people and left 270 people missing.