BEIJING, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- A Boeing-747 jumbo jet carrying 90 tonnes of Chinese government's emergency humanitarian relief materials took off from Beijing Capital International Airport to quake-hit Haiti at 12:22 p.m. on Saturday.

Emergency humanitarian aid cargo is seen before being loaded on a plane at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, Jan. 16, 2010. A Boeing-747 jumbo jet carrying 90 tonnes of Chinese government's emergency humanitarian aid cargo took off from Beijing Capital International Airport to quake-hit Haiti at around 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Ministry of Commerce. (Xinhua/Chen Jianli) Photo Gallery>>>

    The 13 million yuan (1.9 million U.S. dollars) quake-relief materials, including tents, stretchers, food, medicines, clothing and water purification equipment, is China's first batch of relief material to the Caribbean country.

    The aid is part of a relief package worth 30 million yuan (4.41 million U.S. dollars) announced by the Chinese government Friday.

    The flight will take 19 hours before arriving in Haiti via the American city of Anchorage, according to the Ministry of Commerce (MOC).

    The preparations of the quake-relief supplies were completed within 24 hours after China's decision to provide the relief material to Haiti, the MOC said.

    The Chinese government has always been highly concerned about any natural disasters and large-scale health emergencies happening in the international community and will do everything within its capacity to help, said Yu Yingfu, an official with the MOC Department of Aid to Foreign Countries.

Emergency humanitarian aid cargo is seen before being loaded on a plane at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, Jan. 16, 2010.(Xinhua/Chen Jianli) Photo Gallery>>>

    A Chinese emergency rescue team has arrived in Haiti, which was rocked by a 7.3-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday.

    Yu added that the Chinese government and people feel the same as Haiti counterparts feel about the great losses caused by the massive quake. "China will continue to pay close attention to the quake-hit country and provide necessary humanitarian aid."

A Boeing-747 jumbo jet carrying emergency humanitarian aid cargo is seen before departure at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, Jan. 16, 2010.(Xinhua/Chen Jianli) Photo Gallery>>>

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    Liu Zhenmin, the deputy Chinese permanent representative to the UN, told a UN flash appeal meeting to raise funds for Haiti that "the Chinese government will closely follow the developments of the disaster in Haiti, and positively respond to the flash appeal of the United Nations."  Full story

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    The aid included 20 types of relief materials, including tents, stretchers, food, medicines, clothing and water purification equipment, ministry spokesman Huang Xueping said. Full story

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Rescuers have decided on the location where the eight Chinese police officers are buried after a 7.3-magnitude quake in Haiti. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

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