CANBERRA, May 5 -- Chinese Transport Minister Yang Chuantang said here on Monday that China will continue uninterrupted and intensified efforts in the search for MH370 flight.

The search in the next phase will be "not interrupted, not suspended, not given up and not slacked," based on the consensus reached at the trilateral meeting, Yang told a press conference after a ministerial meeting between China, Malaysia and Australia.

China will deploy three vessels to participate in the transitional period of the search for the missing Malaysia Airline plane, he added.