China to deliver second batch of relief goods to Haiti

Tue, 26 Jan 2010

Beijing - China on Tuesday dispatched a second shipment of aid worth 1.8 million dollars to earthquake-hit Haiti. A plane carrying 65 tons of relief goods was expected to arrive Wednesday morning in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, the Ministry of Commerce said.

The shipment included 400 portable power generators, 10 water-purifying machines, 500 tents, 20,000 items of clothing and medicine.

Beijing pledged 30 million yuan (4.4 million dollars) in aid for Haiti.

China would continue to watch developments in Haiti and join with the international communities to provide relief, a ministry official was quoted as saying by the official Xinhua news agency.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/305816,china-to-deliver-second-batch-of-relief-goods-to-haiti.html.