China has contributed $6 million to help beat food shortage in the Ebola-stricken West African countries, the World Food Program said Monday.
The money will be spent on one month of emergency food rations for 300,000 people in the three West African nations of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, said Brett Rierson, World Food Program China representative. The food rations will mainly consist of rice, lentils and yellow peas, Rierson said, reports the Associated Press.
China has previously sent many planeloads of medical supplies and aid teams to the three Ebola stricken countries.
According to a government report released in July, China disburses about $5 billion a year as foreign aid and around 55 percent of the money is given in low-interest loans.
As more than half of the money goes to African countries, China is able to increase its market share in the continent, as its companies have a strong customer base there.
Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi promised Saturday to manage their differences and cooperate on issues like combating terrorism and the spread of the Ebola virus.
"There are many issues that China and the United States are cooperating on, even as we have some differences that we try to manage effectively," Kerry told reporters in Boston, reports The Guardian.
China is also one among the many countries the Obama administration has asked to contribute more to the international fight against the Ebola virus in West Africa.
Yang is in Boston for discussions ahead of Obama's visit to Beijing for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in November.
