China contributes $20m to MH370 search
China will contribute $20 million to the hunt for missing Malaysian Airlines flight 370, the government has reported on its website.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang made the announcement at a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders on Saturday during a meeting with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, the statement says.
"The Chinese side taking this action is in line with greatest respect for human beings," Li said.
"We hope that Malaysia and Australia will continue the work of search and rescue and maintain productive communication with China."
MH370 disappeared in March 2014 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew on board.
The search for the plane has involved more than two dozen countries contributing planes, ships, submarines and satellites.
Leaders from China, whose citizens made up about two-thirds of those on the plane, have repeatedly said they will spare no effort in the search.
An initial $120 million hunt along a rugged 60,000-square-kilometre patch of sea floor off the coast of Western Australia has yielded no sign of the plane.
The search was later extended to another 60,000 sq km, covering 95 per cent of MH370's flight path, at a cost of $50 million.
Search teams discovered a piece of wing on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean this year and authorities believe it is part of the wreckage of the Malaysian jet.
Originally published as China contributes $20m to MH370 search
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