The country is considering gradually increasing its food aid to other developing countries through the UN, a senior official said yesterday.

The government is becoming an increasingly greater support for the UN World Food Programme (WFP), said Ye Anping, director of the Ministry of Agriculture's international cooperation department.

The country has donated millions of dollars since entering WFP in 1979. "There is an obvious growth of annual donations from China to WFP's international operations programs," WFP public affairs officer Annabel Wang said.