Japanese and Russian rescue teams were leaving quake-ravaged Sichuan Province in southwest China after ending search and rescue operations on Tuesday.

The head of the Japanese team, Takashi Koizumi, donated relief material and equipment to Sichuan, said a spokesman of the provincial foreign affairs office.

The 60-member Japanese team arrived in Sichuan on May 16 -- the first group of foreign rescue professionals after the magnitude 8.0 quake on May 12.

Separately, 30 people of the 50-member Russian rescue team, along with some equipment, were scheduled to take a charter flight back to Russia on Tuesday night.

The Russian team also arrived in Sichuan on May 16, bringing three heavy-duty professional vehicles for rescue work in the Mianzhu and Dujiangyan areas.

More than 200 rescuers from Japan, Russia, the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Singapore helped with rescue and relief work in Sichuan.

(Xinhua News Agency May 21, 2008)