The last batch of food assistance to China from the World Food Program (WFP) Thursday arrived in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province.

The 43,450 tons of wheat, worth 7.2 million US dollars, were shipped from a Canadian port, said an official with the Chiwan Dock of the city neighboring Hong Kong.

It will take three days to unload the wheat, the official said.The wheat will then be shipped to Gansu and Shanxi provinces, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region as poverty relief assistance.

In February 2002, WFP reached an agreement with China on ceasing its food assistance to the largest developing country, as it deems that the nation now can rely on itself to alleviate poverty.

WFP began its assistance to China in 1979. Its program, which in the past 25 years provided 1 billion US dollars worth food to the country, benefited more than 30 million Chinese people.