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Chinese Government provides RMB 10 million grant for Phase 1 of Chau Say Tevoda Temple Rehabilitation Project (Linked to Record ID#38749)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$2,863,383
Commitment Year•2000Country of Activity•CambodiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•CambodiaSector•Other Social Infrastructure And ServicesFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Mar 29, 2000
Start (actual)
Mar 28, 2000
End (actual)
May 9, 2006

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The project was to donate 10 million CNY to the restoration of the Chau Say Tevoda temple of Angkor Wat. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/39849826

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Cambodia

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Cambodia

NGO/CSO/Foundations

  • Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provides RMB 10 million grant for Phase 1 of Chau Say Tevoda Temple Rehabilitation Project (Linked to Record ID#38749)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On March 29, 2000, the Chinese Government through the Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage donated 10 million CNY to the restoration of the Chau Say Tevoda temple of Angkor Wat. 援柬修复吴哥周萨神庙项目 in Chinese. The Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage represented the Chinese government and cooperated with Chinese and Cambodian workers in the restoration project by replacing missing stone sections with replicas. The project was expected to be completed within five years; it was finished in late 2009 after a second phase of restoration began in May 2006 with an additional grant of 4.5 million CNY (see linked Record ID#38749). After completing the renovation work on Chau Say Tevoda, the governments of China and Cambodia agreed to Ta Keo as the site of the second joint renovation project (see Record ID#32161). Parts of Angkor Wat are also being restored with the help of Japan, France, Italy and India.