Chinese Government provides relief supplies worth RMB 30.3 million to support Libyan refugees in Tunisia (Linked to Record ID#2474)

On March 18, 2011, the Chinese Government announced that it would provide emergency humanitarian assistance to the Government of Tunisia to assist Libyan refugees.

The aid package reportedly consisted of $2 million USD of cash assistance (captured by linked Record ID#2474) and RMB 30.3 million ($4.6 million USD) of relief supplies (captured by this project). The relief supplies included food, tents, medicine, blankets, and generators.. The Chinese Government provided two batches of humanitarian aid.

The first batch of aid to Tunisia was sent on a chartered China Southern Airlines flight on April 7, 2011. It consisted of 93 tons of relief materials, including 1,500 tents and about 20 tons of medicine. The second batch was sent on a chartered China Southern Airlines flight on April 9, 2011.

It consisted of 97 tons of relief materials, including 1,000 sets of solar-powered lights, 23,000 blankets, 25 tons of food, and 2 tons of medicine. According to MOFCOM, as of April 10, 2011, all relief supplies had been shipped.