The US government donated US$100,000 to the blizzard-hit areas in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
US ambassador to China Joseph Prueher presented a cheque of US$100,000 to a representative of the Red Cross Society of China.
The donation was "a symbol of goodwill" of the United States to the snow-stricken victims and the Chinese people, Prueher said at a disaster relief contribution ceremony held at the embassy.
Earlier, the American Red Cross Society had donated US$50,000 for the disaster relief.
Blizzards, which hit Inner Mongolia in late December, have affected 1.6 million people and killed more than 220,000 head of livestock.
(Xinhua 02/02/2001)
