A number of books and reports have been published about the deadly Wenchuan Earthquake that occurred on May 12, 2008, according to China's publishing houses.

Researchers in Tsinghua University, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chongqing University, China Southwest Architectural Design and Research Institute and The Beijing Institute of Architectural Design collaborated to explore the structural characteristics and damage to various buildings in the disaster-hit areas.

Another book published by Science Press focused on the studies of 18 massive landslides, detailing the reasons and their distribution.

Huang Chengwei, a researcher with Beijing-based International Poverty Reduction Center in China, stands out for getting involved in several researches about post-quake reconstruction, project evaluation, and local cultural preservation in Wenchuan.

The roles and performances of NGOs in Wenchuan quake relief were also intensively researched in a book by Zhu Jian'gang, associate professor of the Institute for Civil Society, Sun Yat-sen University and two other scholars.

In the wake of the Wenchuan earthquake, the Chinese government decided to make May 12 "Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day," starting in 2009.

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