"The more we pay, the more bricks and tiles the quake-hit areas can get in their reconstruction.¡± Over the past few days, the party members in Zhejiang enthusiastically paid their ¡°special party membership dues¡± for the quake-hit areas. Up till the morning of June 4, 950,803 party members in Zhejiang province paid 312 million yuan as their ¡°special party membership dues¡±.

The rural party members in Zhejiang perceive paying their ¡°special party membership dues¡± as a practical action to support the earthquake relief and express their love and deep concern for the people in the quake-hit areas. Wang Yulian, a rural party member in Yunhe county, who has to afford two children¡¯s high tuition and living expenses in college and is still in debt, did not hesitate to pay 700 yuan, her whole month¡¯s wage, as her ¡°special party membership dues¡±. She said, "In my most difficult times, many warm-hearted people gave me a helping hand. Now, the people in the quake-hit areas are going through a more difficult time and they need more help.¡±