Shanghai's government, businesses and social institutions are sending money, people and other aid to a region in Sichuan Province that suffered an earthquake that has left at least 186 dead and more than 11,000 injured as of Sunday afternoon, local media reported Sunday.

The Shanghai Municipal People's Government has donated 5 million yuan ($809,500) and the Communist Youth League Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee has donated 300,000 yuan to disaster relief, the Youth Daily reported.

The Shanghai Municipal Health and Family Planning Commission has prepared two emergency rescue teams, one with staff from Shanghai East Hospital attached to Tongji University and the other with infectious disease control personnel from the Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, according to the report.

Huashan Hospital has formed a rescue team of 20 doctors and nurses, said Dai Runming, the hospital's press officer.

The 7.0-magnitude earthquake occurred around 8 am Saturday in Lushan county in Ya'an, Sichuan Province. The epicenter was 85 kilometers away from the epicenter in the 2008 earthquake in Wenchuan county, which killed 87,000 people.

Social organizations also lent support to the relief effort.

The Shanghai Branch of the Red Cross Society of China Saturday donated 1 million yuan in cash, and supplies worth 750,000 yuan, including emergency kits and blankets.

The Shanghai Charity Foundation had raised 6 million yuan by noon Sunday, said Li Chen, an employee for the foundation.

Companies from home and abroad also made contributions. China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines and Juneyao Airlines have set aside airplanes to transport supplies to the area.

China Eastern Airlines has transported 756 blankets and emergency kits, 160 megaphones, 2.2 tons of food and 3.7 tons of necessities. The airline has also made a cash donation of 10 million yuan, according to a company press release.

Bright Food (Group) Co Ltd donated 20,000 cartons of milk Saturday. Shanghai Maling Aquarius Co Ltd gave 100,000 yuan worth of food Sunday, according to a report on the news website xinmin.cn.

The disaster area is not a popular tourist destination and no tourists from Shanghai have been reported injured, the Shanghai Tourism Bureau said Sunday.

A total of 352 tourists have recently traveled from Shanghai to Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan Province, said Zhang Wu'an, press officer with Shanghai Spring International Travel Service, which organized the trips.

Although tours to Sichuan Province have not been cancelled, travelers have been advised to postpone their trips because of safety concerns, Zhang told the Global Times.

The travel agency has promised to give full refunds to clients who have booked tours to the province.