As of 12 a.m. Wednesday, two helicopters of the Chinese Liberation Army (PLA) has airdropped food, drinking water and medicine to the quake-hit Yingxiu Township of Wenchuan County, epicenter of Monday quake measuring 7.8 on Richter scale in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

Three more helicopters carrying disaster relief goods are also en route to Yingxiu.