China's independently developed Wing Loong-2H large unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has swiftly rushed to support emergency rescue work after a magnitude-6.2 earthquake that jolted northwest China's Gansu Province late Monday, according to its developer.

The Wing Loong-2H large civil UAV has rushed to the earthquake-hit areas to carry out rescue missions in response to the call of emergency management authorities, said the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, the country's leading planemaker.