The Minister handed over to Sichuan Province Vice Governor Huang Xiaoxiang the supplies brought by an Indian Air Force aircraft to Chengdu as part of the USD five million aid announced by India.
Huang said the provincial government and the people were grateful to India for offering help during difficult times, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
India's Ambassador to China Nirupama Rao was also present in the ceremony.
Relief supplies, including tents, ready-to-eat meal packets and medicines, were dispatched through several IAF flights earlier following the deadliest earthquake in three decades to hit China.
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The official death toll is about 69,000.