China's aid on the way

BEIJING - Relief materials worth $2 million left China for quake-hit Chile Thursday, according to sources with the National Defense Ministry.

The materials, including 700 tents, 10,000 woollen blankets, 100 portable power generators and two water purification units, were collected by the Chinese military from the cities of Beijing, Nanjing, Shijiazhuang, Suzhou and Weihai.

Yin Weimin, Minister of Human Resources and Social Security, will attend the transfer of power ceremony for Chile's new president on March 11 as special envoy of the Chinese government, the foreign ministry said Thursday.