Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu (L Front) shakes hands with members of the China International Search and Rescue Team (CISAR) in Beijing, capital of China, on January 27, 2010. The team returned to Beijing on Wednesday after fulfilling the rescue and medical care task in quake-devastated Haiti. [Xinhua]

Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu (11th L, 1st row) poses for a group photo with members of the China International Search and Rescue Team (CISAR) in Beijing, capital of China, on January 27, 2010. The team returned to Beijing on Wednesday after fulfilling the rescue and medical care task in quake-devastated Haiti. [Xinhua]

China's search and rescue team in earthquake-hit Haiti returned to Beijing Wednesday.

The China International Search and Rescue Team had retrieved more than 20 bodies and helped treat about 2,500 injured people, 500 of whom were seriously hurt, said Huang Jianfa, head of the team.

The 50-member team, including 25 rescuers and 15 medical workers, arrived in Port-au-Prince, capital of the Caribbean nation two days after the 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck on January 12.

The Chinese team was the fourth international rescue team to reach Haiti.

Huang said the team started work immediately on arrival in Port-Au-Prince and kept working for 90 hours despite outbreaks of violence.

The rescue team was replaced by a 40-member medical team that arrived in Port-au-Prince Monday.

(Xinhua News Agency January 28, 2010)