Recently, various circles of the United States have been paying great attention to the on-going snow storms and icy weather disaster attacking China. They have expressed their sympathy and encouragements to the Chinese government and people through different channels, of which the latter is very much appreciative. Quite a few friendly institutions and personages as well as American corporations want to know more about the natural disaster and the latest development of China battling the adverse situation. They also want to know what assistance and items the affected areas desiderate and how to provide such items and fund donations.

As is learnt, due to the fact that the transportations situation in the hit areas is still very poor, the Chinese government will not accept material donations such as food from overseas for the time being. If relevant parties want to provide financial assistance, the fund donations can be remitted to the following two charity agencies and banks:

A, Beneficiary: China Charity Federation, A/C No. 00914908091014; Bank: Bank of China (BOC), Beijing Office.

B, Beneficiary: Red Cross Society of China, A/C No. 7112111482600000209; Bank: Citic Industrial Bank, Beijing Jiuxianqiao Sub-branch.

For more information regarding the alleviation effort in China, please refer to Press Section of this Embassy. The point of contact is Mr. Jian Zhao, his phone numbers are 202-328-2545(office) and 202-538-5430(cell), his email address is zhao_jian1@mfa.gov.cn .

Thank you.