Air China said late Wednesday it was to dispatch three planes to the nation's northwest quake-hit Qinghai Province for disaster relief
The Chinese government has allocated 200 million yuan (US$29.3 million) from the central fiscal for disaster relief in quake-hit Qinghai Province, the Ministry of Finance said late Wednesday.
Relief materials have been sent to Yushu by the Qinghai Bureau of Civil Affairs after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit the region early on Wednesday.
Radio communication had been resumed in quake-hit zone Qinghai's Batang airport, and the emergency power supply system meant the airport could operate normally, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) confirmed late Wednesday.
Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao have urged all-out efforts to save lives and provide assistance to people in the area hit by a 7.1-magnitude tremor Wednesday.
PLA Air Force has deployed three carrier aircraft to transport rescuers and relief materials to the quake-hit Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu in western China's Qinghai Province.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) urged local authorities in the nation's northwest Qinghai Province to dispatch disaster relief supplies and personnel to reopen the area's Batang airport after it was damaged by an earthquake early Wednesday.
The first patch of medical wrokers rushed to the quake-hit Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Yushu in Qinghai province for quake relief and rescue.