Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has pledged to save as many lives as the rescue teams can in southwest China's Sichuan Province which was hit by a major quake in the afternoon of May 12, 2008.

Chinese Pemier Wen Jiabao (C) picks up a shoe and a schoolbag at a ruined school in Dujiangyan city of southwest China's Sichuan Province May 12, 2008. Premier Wen flew into southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday.

(Xinhua News Agency May 13, 2008)