The rice will be distributed to the recipients from July. In 2009, Korea joined the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development as the first nation ...

The 17 rice aid recipient countries include nine countries ... and the port in Busan—in April and October this year, and then the first batch of the shipment would arrive in those countries ...

Wang said in his speech that the successful delivery of the first batch of rice aid underscores China's commitment to the longstanding friendship and all-dimensional cooperation with Zambia.