Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang announced at a news conference:

China will send another 2 million U.S. dollars to the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), in addition to its originally planned 2.5 million-U.S.-dollar donation to the world's largest humanitarian agency in 2008.   The donation aims to help the WFP alleviate "difficulties it is facing now" as a result of soaring food prices and food shortages worldwide. China is paying close attention to the impact on developing nations of these price rises, as well as the funding gap faced by international food aid programs, Qin said.  "China is willing to provide assistance to the best of its ability," the spokesman added. The Chinese government will continuously support the WFP's work and would like to make joint efforts with the international community to tackle the current challenge, Qin said.