Chinese tourists return from Kathmandu, Nepal, to Kunming, Yunnan province, on Sunday. Provided to China Daily

The Chinese government is helping citizens stranded in quake-hit Nepal and has arranged for hundreds of them to be flown home.

The Chinese embassy in Kathmandu, the capital, was opened to Chinese citizens on Saturday afternoon, and the consular section is serving as a temporary shelter, Cheng Ji, the commercial counselor at the embassy, told China Central Television in a phone interview on Saturday.