A worker drives a digger at the construction site of the Leigu Middle School in Beichuan county, southwest China's Sichuan province, April 27, 2009. [Xinhua]
According to Wei Qiang, an engineer from the eastern Shandong province who helped designed the new building, it can resist earthquakes of up to 9.0 on the Richter scale.
"More steel and concrete was used in this building" than in the older ones, he said.
Li recalled that the old three-story school was built in the 1980s, using just concrete blocks without a steel framework.
Criticism arose after the quake, which left more than 80,000 people dead or missing. The poor quality of school construction was blamed for the death of many students.
Many bereaved parents took to the streets, questioning construction quality and demanding a reply from local governments.
The quality of schools in Sichuan became a national issue overnight.
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