BEIJING, Dec. 30 -- China on Wednesday hailed the announcement by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday declaring the end of Ebola virus transmission in the Republic of Guinea.

"This is a big victory in the fight against Ebola in West Africa. We offer our congratulations," said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang at a daily press briefing.

Lu said since the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa last year, China has provided prompt assistance and has been the first to implement its promises of providing helps.

Lu said China has provided rounds of emergency assistance to affected areas, sent over 1,000 experts and doctors on infectious diseases and trained altogether more than 10,000 local doctors since the outbreak, making great contributions to the elimination of the virus.

On Tuesday, the WHO hailed that the end of Ebola transmission in Guinea marks an important milestone in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

A total of 28,601 confirmed, probable, and suspected Ebola cases were reported in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, claiming 11,300 lives.

Stressing a post-Ebola period reconstruction, Lu said China will implement measures raised at the the Johannesburg Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in South Africa in December, and help those countries develop, especially their public health and disease-control systems.