Overview

Chinese Government donates 1.1 million masks and 10,000 items of protective clothing to South Korea

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$802,689

Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•KoreaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•KoreaSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Mar 9, 2020

Start (actual): Mar 31, 2020

End (actual): Mar 31, 2020

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 South Korea

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 1.1 million masks and 10,000 items of protective clothing to South Korea

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In March 2020, the Chinese Government donated 1 million medical masks, 100,000 N95 respirator masks, and 10,000 items of protective clothing to South Korea. These donations were pledged prior to March 9, 2020 and were delivered by March 31, 2020. The actual delivery of the donation likely occurred in early March 2020. A subsequent batch of 1 million masks was donated in the same month (Record ID#101281).

Staff comments

AidData has estimated the transaction amount for this donation based on price catalogues from the World Health Organization (WHO). Please see the TUFF Methodology for additional details. The estimated value of the donation is USD 778,000.