Donations, Supplies Flood into Quake-hit Northwest China Region

Chinese across the country, still haunted by the deadly 8.0-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan in 2008, are doing what they can to help the quake-hit northwestern province of Qinghai.

A 7.1-magnitude earthquake shattered Qinghai Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu Wednesday morning, which has left 760 people dead.

The Beijing's municipal government, the city's Party committee, and the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau have donated RMB 10m to Yushu, while the provincial governments of Liaoning and Fujian each gave 5m, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said in a report on its website.

An additional RMB 3.5 million was donated by Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Gansu and Hebei Provinces.

Beijing has allocated 10,000 tents, 20,000 folded beds, and 100,000 cotton quilts for the quake-hit region, with Jiangxi Province adding in another 10,000 quilts.

Meanwhile, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China raised RMB 3m for quake relief, while its affiliated China Youth Development Foundation sent an emergency team with medicine, food, and other relief supplies worth RMB 1m to the quake-hit zones.

The State Ethnic Affairs Commission, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) and the All-China Women's Federation each donated RMB 1million  to Yushu.

(Source: Xinhua)