Emergency team members from the Red Cross Society of China prepare to leave Beijing Capital International Airport for the Philippines on Nov 20, 2013. The first group of 17 members will help with disaster relief work. Typhoon Haiyan has killed more than 4,500 people. [Photo/ China Daily]

Rescue workers carry a body bag containing the body of a five-year-old boy as they walk past houses destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan in the town of Tanauan on Nov 20, 2013. The Philippines and international armed forces and aid agencies are struggling to get help to devastated areas due to the extent of the destruction, which has left four million people displaced. [China Daily/Agencies]

The first batch of emergency medical and rescue team from China arrive at the Manila airport on Nov 20, 2013. The 17 team members from the Red Cross Society of China are expected to leave Manila soon for Tacloban, one of the hardest-hit areas, and stay there for 15 days. [Photo/Xinhua]

Sun Shuopeng, the team leader of the first batch of emergency medical and rescue team from China, speaks with the media after arriving at the international airport in Manila, capital of the Philippines, on Nov 20, 2013. The 17 team members from the Red Cross Society of China are expected to leave Manila soon for Tacloban, one of the hardest-hit areas, and stay there for 15 days. [Photo/Xinhua]

The first batch of emergency medical and rescue team from China assemble at the headquarters of the Red Cross Society of China before leaving for the Philippines on disaster relief missions. The 17 team members from the Red Cross Society of China have arrived in Manila and are expected to leave for Tacloban, one of the hardest-hit areas by Typhoon Haiyan. [Photo/ China Daily]