Foreign-funded firms donate 107 mln USD for China epidemic control

Source: Xinhua| 2020-01-30 09:13:17|Editor: huaxia

A staff member disinfects supplies to be delivered in a post office in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)

BEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Foreign-funded enterprises have donated over 740 million yuan (107 million U.S. dollars) in cash and goods to aid China's fight against the novel coronavirus epidemic.

By 6 p.m. Wednesday, more than 120 foreign-funded companies in China had donated 472 million yuan in cash and 268 million yuan worth of goods, said Cao Hongying, executive vice president of the China Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment (CAEFI), citing incomplete statistics.

Cao said the actual donation is greater as many medical supplies donated by the foreign-funded businesses are not included.

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