Chinese soldiers were still engaged in a desperate rescue attempt as the search for a military transport helicopter thought to have crashed continues.

Chinese soldiers were still engaged in a desperate rescue attempt as the search for a military transport helicopter thought to have crashed continues.

President Hu Jintao, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, instructed the rescue team to maintain all out efforts to locate the helicopter and the 19 people onboard after seeing a search report on Monday.

(CCTV June 4, 2008)