More Relief Aid Offered to China's Quake Victims
2008-06-08 21:57:27 Xinhua
More countries and overseas Chinese have offered aid or raised money through charity activities for victims in the 8.0-magnitude quake that hit southwest China on May 12.
A Japanese delegation of the ruling-camp parliamentarians flew Sunday to China's Sichuan province to deliver relief supplies.
With the support from various social sectors in Japan, the 31-ton relief supplies, including 300 tents, have been collected, said Toshihiro Nikai, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s general council, at the Haneda airport before his departure.
The chief mission of his delegation is to send the relief supplies as well as to convey the sympathy and heart-felt support from the Japanese people, said Nikai, who headed a delegation of 15 parliamentarians from the ruling LDP and New Komeito.
Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cui Tiankai said that the relief mission of the Japanese parliamentarians represents the lofty humanitarian spirit of the Japanese government and public and their friendship toward the Chinese people.
In another development, a charity concert was held Saturday night in the German port city of Hamburg to convey the best wishes of overseas Chinese and German people.
The German-Chinese Society for Medicine, one of the sponsors, said the association will make efforts to collect necessary medical supplies for the affected areas.
In Los Angeles, more than 200 paintings, calligraphies and photographs were collected for auction Saturday at a sale of work organized by Ding Shaoguang, a famous American Chinese painter.
According to organizers, the sale is expected to raise thousands of U.S. dollars and the money will be sent to the Red Cross Society of China by the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles.
A Japanese delegation of the ruling-camp parliamentarians flew Sunday to China's Sichuan province to deliver relief supplies.
With the support from various social sectors in Japan, the 31-ton relief supplies, including 300 tents, have been collected, said Toshihiro Nikai, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s general council, at the Haneda airport before his departure.
The chief mission of his delegation is to send the relief supplies as well as to convey the sympathy and heart-felt support from the Japanese people, said Nikai, who headed a delegation of 15 parliamentarians from the ruling LDP and New Komeito.
Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cui Tiankai said that the relief mission of the Japanese parliamentarians represents the lofty humanitarian spirit of the Japanese government and public and their friendship toward the Chinese people.
In another development, a charity concert was held Saturday night in the German port city of Hamburg to convey the best wishes of overseas Chinese and German people.
The German-Chinese Society for Medicine, one of the sponsors, said the association will make efforts to collect necessary medical supplies for the affected areas.
In Los Angeles, more than 200 paintings, calligraphies and photographs were collected for auction Saturday at a sale of work organized by Ding Shaoguang, a famous American Chinese painter.
According to organizers, the sale is expected to raise thousands of U.S. dollars and the money will be sent to the Red Cross Society of China by the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles.