A major earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale has hit Wenchuan County in southwest China's Sichuan province spreading to more than 15 provinces in China . The death toll has climbed to more than 10,000 by early Tuesday.

Many Israeli and Chinese people living and working in Israel have called the Embassy expressing their willingness to donate money to the suffering Chinese people in quake-hit area.

The Embassy of the People 's Republic of China in the State of Israel would like to express its sincere thanks to those people and also want to express that the Embassy is willing to accept your warm donation in the ways as follow:

     1,              For cash or Check donation: If you would like to make donation, you can send the cash or check to the consular section of the Embassy (219 Ben Yehuda Street, Tel-Aviv) from 9:00 to 12:30 from Sunday to Thursday. You will get a receipt.

    2,              For remittance donation: You can transfer the donation directly to the Chinese Embassy's account number:356595-689  (Bank Hapoalim)

  3,              For direct donation to China: You can transfer the money to China Red Cross Foundation through the Bank of China. The account number is: 800100086608091014.

Regarding the donation, you can contact the following telephone number of the Embassy: 03-5467242(9:00-12:30),03-5442638(12:30-17:00),052-8391738.

                                                                                                               Embassy of China