At a regular press conference on the 9th, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning introduced the latest situation of China's assistance to Türkiye and Syria in earthquake relief. Mao Ning said that after the Chinese rescue team arrived in Türkiye on the 8th, it rushed to Antakia City, Hatai Province, which was seriously affected by the disaster, and cooperated with the Türkiye rescue team to rescue a trapped pregnant woman in the early morning of the 9th local time. On the evening of August 8, the Hong Kong SAR government also sent a search and rescue team to Türkiye earthquake stricken areas to assist in the search and rescue work. On the morning of the 9th, the first batch of medical supplies for 5000 people provided by the Red Cross Society of China to the Syrian earthquake-stricken areas had been shipped from Beijing, and the rescue personnel of the Red Cross Society of China went to Syria on the same plane. She said that in addition to the announced cash and material assistance, China is also accelerating the implementation of the food aid project to Syria, of which 220 tons of wheat are on the way, and the remaining 3000 tons of rice and wheat will be shipped in two batches in the near future. "In the next step, the Chinese government is willing to continue to provide relief, resettlement and reconstruction assistance to the disaster areas in Türkiye and Syria according to the development and actual needs of the disaster," Mao said. (Xinhua News Agency)