China to attend donor conference

Calling for more efforts to deal with the rampant piracy in the Gulf of Aden, China yesterday said it would attend an international donors conference on Somalia.

China is among the many countries that have sent naval ships to patrol the waters off Somalia to prevent pirate attacks on commercial vessels.

Despite the presence of several patrol forces, Somali pirates have attacked more than 80 vessels this year and are holding at least 14 ships and over 200 crew members, according to Xinhua.