Relief supplies reach quake-hit Baqen County in Xizang

(ECNS) -- Relief supplies organized by authorities had arrived in quake-hit Baqen County in Nagqu, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, by 4:30 a.m. Friday, following a magnitude-7.0 earthquake late Thursday, the publicity department of the CPC Nagqu Municipal Committee said.

The supplies include 1,000 prefabricated housing units, 3,239 tents, 2,821 folding beds, 4,280 quilts, 200 stoves and 100 mattress pads.

They also include 2,000 sets of padded clothing, 1,760 military-style overcoats, four generators, 1,000 hand-crank and solar-powered flashlights, and 1,000 headlamps.

Rescue and relief operations are proceeding in an orderly manner in the affected area.