China has expressed its deep sorrow over the deadly earthquake that claimed hundreds of lives on Saturday. It has pledged all kinds of assistance to Nepal at this time of emergency. It is sending 65 trained personnel along with necessary kits in a special plane on Sunday. Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed such to Nepali mission in China.

Meanwhile, Chinese President Xi Jinping wrote a letter to his Nepali counterpart President Ram Baran Yadav and expressed his concerns over today's tragedy. Similarly, Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang and Foreign Minister Wang Yi also wrote separate letters to their Nepali counterparts Prime Minister Sushil Koirala and Mahendra Bahadur Pandey through Beijing-based Nepali Embassy today and expressed their sympathies to victims.