China answers the call for global humanitarian assistance

China has been contributing more to global humanitarian efforts over the past decade at both at bilateral and multilateral levels, the secretary-general of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said on Monday.

The Red Cross Society of China, for example, has been partnering with many countries, including supporting blood safety programs in Pakistan, providing treatment to children with congenital heart diseases in Afghanistan, deploying field and mobile hospitals in Syria and Iraq and partnering on disaster management in Mongolia, Elhadj As Sy said.

In a latest effort, RCSC donated $200,000 through the International Federation of Red Cross to Venezuela to supply medicine that it badly needs, he said.

China also has been helping to fight ongoing Ebola outbreaks in Congo, including sending medical teams to West Africa, to contribute to Ebola's containment, Sy said.

Sy said in an interview on the sideline of the Global Health Forum of the Boao Forum for Asia being held in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province.

Sy also said all countries need to intensify efforts to help people in need of humanitarian assistance.

"We have more natural disasters than ever before. They are more frequent, and they are more severe. We also have many conflicts that are man made," he said. "The multitude of the needs in those countries are so big we have also to bring all the efforts, including the ones of the RCSC and the ones of the IFRC, and all humanitarian organizations to a proper scale."