CRI听力:China Pledges Continued Help as Nepal Rebuilds

China has promised that it will continue to help Nepal with post-quake reconstruction.

Qian Keming, from the Ministry of Commerce, says more supplies have arrived Nepal.

"so far, we have provided Nepal with two rounds of emergency assistance worth 6 billion yuan. The first round focused on the relocation of the affected people and the second round of assistance is to address reconstruction."

Qian made the remarks this afternoon during a joint press conference on China's rescue operation in Nepal.

Alao at the press conference, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jianchao says China will negotiate with the Nepalese side over financial support.

"Nepal is trying to calculate the losses caused by the quake and is seeking 1.8 billion dollars in aid. In the next step, China will negotiate with the Nepalese government over the issue."

According to Nepal's Home Ministry, the death toll from the earthquake has jumped to more than 84 hundred.