The provinces of Shaanxi, Sichuan, Hubei and Guizhou and Chongqing Municipality suffered heavy losses after the disaster caused by torrential downpours earlier this month.

In accordance with RCSC regulations, a hotline with the number 010-65139999 has been opened for donation information.

So far, the RCSC has allocated 150,000 yuan (US$18,000) to buy medicine and food for flooding victims, and 50 tents have been sent to those areas.

Meanwhile, the Hong Kong Red Cross Society has donated 200,000 yuan (US$24,000) in relief funds, and clothes and sleeping bags worth 200,000 HK dollars (US$25,000) to Shaanxi and Sichuan.

The RCSC has asked its local branches across the nation to join the relief work.

Telephone Number: (86)10-65139999

Bank: the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), Dongsi Nan Branch Beijing

Bank Account Name: the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC)

Bank Account Number: 02000010090144132-52

Mail: redcross@chineseredcross.org.cn

(People's Daily June 19, 2002)