China begins shipments of emergency relief to Haiti

Beijing - China sent its first shipment of emergency aid to Haiti on Saturday, containing 90 tons of goods worth nearly 2 million dollars, state media said. The relief assistance included tents, stretchers, food, medicines, clothing and water-purification equipment, the official Xinhua news agency said.

It was part of a total aid package worth 30 million yuan (4.41 million dollars) announced by the Chinese government Friday.

Xinhua reported that a Chinese emergency rescue team had arrived in Haiti, which was rocked by a magnitude-7 earthquake on Tuesday.

Minister of Public Security Meng Jianzhu told Chinese rescuers in Haiti via phone Friday night to make all-out efforts to save eight Chinese policemen buried in the rubble.

Four of the eight officers had just arrived in Haiti Tuesday. They all serve in China's contingent of peacekeeping forces in Haiti.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/304091,china-begins-shipments-of-emergency-relief-to-haiti.html.