Staff members with the Guangzhou Honda Automobile Co. Ltd. donate money for the tsunami-hit countries, in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, Jan. 9, 2005. People in Guangdong Province have so far donated more than 20 million RMB yuan (2.42 million US dollars) for the countries hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami. (Xinhua photo)

People donate money for the tsunami-hit countries, during a donation activity held in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 9, 2005. Up to now, the Red Cross of Anhui Province has received about 1.4 million RMB yuan (about 170,000 US dollars) donated by local people for the tsunami-hit countries. (Xinhua photo)

French girl Chloe Chauvin puts her money into a donation box at the Moon River Diner in Shanghai, which raised nearly 40,000 yuan (US$4,819) for the tsunami-hit regions, over the weekend. (Shanghai Daily Photo)