The Chinese embassy in Bangkok late on Tuesday expressed “deepest condolences” for the collapse and urged firms to “strictly” comply with Thai laws.
“The Chinese government has consistently urged Chinese companies overseas to abide by local laws and contribute positively to the society,” the embassy said in a Facebook post only in Thai.
Beijing has dispatched a team of rescue experts and disaster relief personnel to assist in Bangkok and vowed to “continue supporting Thailand as needed”, it added.
It has also urged Chinese firms to cooperate “strictly” with Thai authorities as they investigate the collapse.
The local partner in the project, Italian-Thai Development (ITD), offered condolences on Monday to quake victims but said it was “confident” the incident would not impact its other projects.
The collapse was the deadliest single incident in Thailand from the earthquake, with the majority of the kingdom’s 22 fatalities thought to be workers on the building site.
