We need your help! Please consider donating for the current aid efforts underway in China

We need your help! Please consider donating for the current aid efforts underway in China

Unfortunately, in Monday, May 12,200 8 at 06:28:01 UTC, a powerful earthquake with magnqueue7.9Happen in eastern Sichuan, China. as of Thursday, May 15,200 8 at 12:00:00 UTC, known death toll reached 19,509 and the authorities has estimated that the number to exceed 50,000. the population in Sichuan province is very large, despite the huge death number, there areMorePeople who has been injured or lose their relatives, homes, or is facing illness and starvation! A lot of houses was ruined by the earthquake and they need food, water, and reconstruction aid, please consider a donate, your help will be important!

For those who are looking to contribute to current aid efforts underway, you can now donate money to the Red Cross Society of China which has formed a disaster relief Working Group to be dispatched to the earthquake-stricken Wenchuan County in Sichuan; additionally, the nearest consulate or embassy of People's Republic of China will also provide help on the donation.

I have copied information from Red Cross Society here for your convenient, please also review their website to get more information. currently, they have also published an emergency relief hotline, along with bank account information to receive donations to assist their cause:

Account name:Red Cross Society of China
Or in Chinese,Account Opening unit:China Red Cross Society

for those who want to donate in RMB: You can send money to the RMB account at the Industrial and Commercial cial Bank of China branch below:
RMB Bank: ICBC Beijing branch
RMB account: 0200001009014413252
account No.: 0200001009014413252
name: ICBC Beijing Municipal Branch, Dong Si Nan sub-branch
address: No. 147 dongsi South st ., beijing, China
zip code: 100010
Swift code: icbkcnbjbjm

For those who want to donate in foreign currency (e.g. US dollar, etc), you can send money to the foreign currency account at the Citic Bank branch below:
Foreign currency account opening bank:Citic Bank Jiuxianqiao Branch
Foreign currency account:7112111482600000209
Account No .:7112111482600000209
Name:China Citic Bank, Beijing Jiuxianqiao sub-branch
Address:C & W tower. No. 14, Jiuxianqiao Street, Chaoyang district, Beijing, China
Zip code:100016
Swift code:Cibkcnbj100

Hotline: + 86 (10) 64319780/+ 86 (10) 65139999
Online donations: Red Cross Society of China Website: www.redcross.org.cn (site is in Chinese, you will find a link in the right top of the page to English Information)