China donates equipment to help rebuild Marawi in S. Philippines

MANILA, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines thanked China on Tuesday for donating 47 sets of heavy equipment to help rebuild the devastated southern Philippine city of Marawi.

Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua formally handed over the dump trucks, cement mixers, excavators and bulldozers valued at 20 million renminbi or around 3 million U.S. dollars.