As of May 26 the death toll is more than 65, 000 after the earthquake scaling 7.9 on the Richter scale hit northern Chengdu.
The Chinese government announced that 23,775 victims were still unaccounted for.
Selangor government's humanitarian mission comprised of six doctors, five paramedics, two logistics staff and three medical assistants.
The team left for China early May 25 and planned to be back on home soil on May 30.
The medical team is being lead by Hussin Ismail, Amal Foundation of Malaysia (AMAL) chairman.
Several NGOs also took part in the mission.
Hussin who was met at the KLIA before departure, said that the objective of this mission is to bring desperately needed staff and medical equipment and to evaluate the needs on the ground before the next mission leaves for China..
He added the experience gained whilst the team were in Acheh last year had taught them a lot in preparation for the China mission.
They also had to wait for 12 days before the Chinese government finally gave them leave to enter the country, he said.- rfa/ES
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