Residents from southwest China's Sichuan Province who were affected by an earthquake that struck on Thursday began returning home on Monday morning,as the local work priority has been shifted from emergency rescue to post-quake reconstruction.

  周一上午，受上周四地震影响的中国西南部四川省的居民开始返乡，当地的工作重点已从紧急救援转移到灾后重建。