Response gets more rapid

The government will spend 110 million yuan ($16 million) in improving the speed and efficiency of response to major disasters, a senior official has told China Daily.

The news comes a day after the China International Search and Rescue team returned to Beijing following almost two weeks of search and rescue operations in Haiti, which was devastated by a 7-magnitude earthquake on Jan 12.

"The rescuers have done a top humanitarian job in Haiti," said Zhao Heping, vice-director of the China Earthquake Administration.