A nurse takes blood from an Indian identified asGolu at the Shanghai Blood Center on Sunday.

A blood donation event organized by the city's Indian Associationwas held in Shanghai on Sunday to welcome the upcoming World Blood Donor Day.

The event, named "Love Shanghai, the Life Gift from India," is the sixth India ffriends blood donation campaign since the firstin 2013.

Around 350 Indians from Shanghai and cities across China including Suzhou, Nantong and Zhenjiang cameto the Shanghai Blood Center to take part in the event.

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Two Indians donate blood at the Shanghai Blood Center on Sunday.

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Sairam Krovi donates blood at the Shanghai Blood Center on Sunday.

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Upadhyay Pavan Kailashdonates blood at the Shanghai Blood Center on Sunday.

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Indians donates blood at the Shanghai Blood Center on Sunday.