Donations pour in for Yiliang victims

Chinese are opening their hearts and their wallets for earthquake victims in Yiliang county, Southwest China's Yunnan province.

The county has received 108.81 million yuan ($17.16 million) in cash donations as of 5 pm on Monday, said a media officer surnamed Liu from the county information office.

That amount includes about 68.5 million yuan donated through the provincial government, 94.5 million yuan through the provincial charity federation and 13.42 million yuan through the city and county governments.