China urged Malaysia on Wednesday to accelerate its search and rescue work for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane and to strengthen coordination among search forces from different countries and regions.

"We won't give up as long as there is a shred of hope, and we urge Malaysia not to miss any clue and speed up search and rescue work," Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said.

"We hope to enhance communication with Malaysia and strengthen coordination with search and rescue ships from other countries," Qin said.