Rescue & Aid

Chinese donations for quake-hit Yushu top $800M

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-05-22 19:33

BEIJING - Chinese people and organizations had donated 5.51 billion yuan ($807 million) in cash and goods for earthquake relief in west China's Qinghai Province as of Friday, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

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The donations included 4.82 billion yuan in cash and materials worth 689 million yuan, said a statement from the ministry Saturday.

The statement said all the donations had been allocated to the quake zone, and 97 million yuan of cash had been used for emergency support for living necessities and treatment of the injured.

At least 2,200 people died and more than 100,000 were left homeless after the 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Qinghai's Yushu prefecture on April 14.