China will gradually increase its donation to the World Food Program (WFP) according to its conditions, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao Tuesday.

Liu said at a regular press conference that WFP Executive Director James Morris paid a visit to China from Dec. 9 to 14, at the invitation of Chinese Minister of Agriculture Du Qinglin.

During the trip, Morris inspected some WFP projects in Gansu Province, northwest China, and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing met with him on separate occasions.

"China is a developing country with 29 million impoverished people, but since there are still 850 million people living in poverty in the world, China will gradually increase its donation to the WFP according to its capability," said Liu.

China is willing to take joint efforts with WFP to contribute to global poverty alleviation, he said.