Chinese people donate over $4.23 billion for coronavirus fight

Among these donations, around 466 million items of supplies have also been delivered to recipients so far

BEIJING: Chinese charities and Red Cross societies had received donations of around 29.29 billion yuan (about 4.23 billion US dollars) and 522 million items of supplies for the fight against the novel coronavirus by the end of Sunday, a senior official said on Monday.



Among the donations, 23.98 billion yuan and 466 million items of supplies have been delivered to recipients, thanks to the efforts of these charitable organisations, Zhan Chengfu, vice minister of civil affairs, told reporters at a press conference in Beijing.

"We will draw experience from charity work in this epidemic and improve governance capacity for charity work in response to major public health emergencies and natural disasters," Zhan said.