KUNMING - Three missing high school students are feared to have drowned in Southwest China's Sichuan province, local authorities said on Saturday.

One male and two female students were reported missing after playing at Qingping village of Leibo county, Sichuan, near Jinsha River Friday afternoon, according to the government in neighboring Yongshan county of Yunnan province, home to the students.

Rescuers are looking for the students.