China Eastern flight MU5735 was carrying 132 people when it nosedived 30,000ft into hills in Guangxi.
The cause of the Boeing 737-800's crash is being investigated. Recovery work has been hampered by difficult terrain.
There has been an outpouring of grief in China, where families of those on board are waiting anxiously for news.
Although the search for survivors is continuing, there has been no word of anyone found alive, while neither local media nor the authorities have reported any finding of human remains.
Hundreds of responders have been sent to the crash site in Wuzhou to scour the steeply forested slopes where debris from the crash was strewn.
Rescuers have so far found parts of the 737's wreckage. State broadcasters showed images of the charred remains of letters, bags, wallets and identity cards belonging to those on board.( abstract from bcc news
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