Chinese relief goods delivered to areas hit by Typhoon Odette.

Our hearts go out to all the Filipino families who were devastated by Typhoon Odette which has caused massive casualties as well as property loss.

In urgent response, the Chinese Embassy has raised 20,000 food packages worth around P8 million.

Each package contains five kilograms of rice, 10 canned food and 10 noodles packs. With the help of the local Filipino-Chinese Community, these relief goods are on their way to Cebu, Leyte, Negros Occidental, Bohol, Cagayan de Oro City, Surigao City, Negros Oriental, etc.

At the same time, 4.725 million kilograms of Chinese government-donated rice are already in different Philippine ports. At least 1.5 million kilograms are right in Cebu now, while the 3.225 million kilograms in Manila were urgently transported to the typhoon-affected areas.

We thank the Philippine government, in particular the Department of Social Welfare and Development for their great efforts in urgently distributing these rice to those Filipino families in need.

China will do its utmost to continue its firm support to the disaster relief efforts of the Philippine government and the Filipino people. We wish all those affected could overcome the difficulties and rebuild their homes at an early date.

Huang Xilian

Chinese Ambassador to the Philippine