Search and rescue team of the 38th Group Army, Beijing MR landed in Japan

Chinese rescue team arrives in Japan for quake relief
English.news.cn 2011-03-13 11:37:04
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TOKYO, March 13 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese rescue team arrived in Japan Sunday for quake relief operations.

An Air China charter plane, carrying the 15-member team, arrived at Tokyo's Haneda Airport.

The Chinese International Search and Rescue Team (CISAR) brought with them four tons of materials and equipment for search and rescue, power supply and telecommunication.

The rescuers will immediately head for quake-hit areas to search for survivors from Friday's great earthquake and ensuing tsunami.

Photos of the S&R drill conducted in June 2010 by the same team.  Keep in mind, China also experienced a small quake last week.

Chinese central government allocates funds for quake relief in southwest

(Source: Xinhua) 2011-03-12

Relief materials are loaded into a cargo-transport plane in Taipingsi Airport in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 11, 2011. Two cargo-transport planes carrying relief materals were dispatched to the quake-hit Yingjiang County, southwest China's Yunnan Province on Friday. The 5.8-magnitude earthquake occurred Thursday has caused 25 dead and more than 250 others injured. (Xinhua/Liu Yinghua) (zgp)

Relief materials are loaded into a cargo-transport plane in Taipingsi Airport in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 11, 2011. Two cargo-transport planes carrying relief materals were dispatched to the quake-hit Yingjiang County, southwest China's Yunnan Province on Friday. The 5.8-magnitude earthquake occurred Thursday has caused 25 dead and more than 250 others injured. (Xinhua/Liu Yinghua)

BEIJING, March 11 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese central government has allocated 55 million yuan (8.37 million U.S. dollars) for quake relief in China's southwestern Yunnan Province, the ministries of finance and civil affairs said Friday.

The money will be used to relocate and settle local residents as well as provide them with living subsidies. Those who lost family members in the 5.8-magnitude quake will receive condolence funds.

A work group from the State Council, comprised of members from various departments, were on their way to the quake zone.

The provincial and local governments in Yunnan had previously earmarked 23 million yuan in emergency aid to the quake-hit regions.

The tremor jolted Yingjiang County of Yunnan Province near the border with Myanmar on Thursday, leaving 25 people dead and 250 others injured.

The earthquake destroyed more than 18,000 houses and damaged around 50,000 others.

Soldiers with search dogs and life detectors continued searching in the rubble Friday.

A total of 2,500 rescuers with Chengdu Military Area Command of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and Chinese reserve forces have arrived in Yingjiang, according to officers from the Military Area Command.

By 8 a.m. Friday, 35 people had been found and saved from debris. More than 8,000 people were evacuated and 61 injured people relocated, the officers said.