Overview

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs donates RMB 2 million worth of food and money to Cuba's Matanzas province, March 2023

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$282,468

Commitment Year•2023Country of Activity•CubaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•CubaSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

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Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

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Key dates

Commitment date: Mar 30, 2023

Start (actual): Mar 30, 2023

End (actual): Mar 30, 2023

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This project donated RMB 2 million worth of food and money to Cuba's Matanzas province. The aid was distributed across 23 educational and health institutions in the province. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1854616.

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

China Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Cuba

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China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs donates RMB 2 million worth of food and money to Cuba's Matanzas province, March 2023

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On March 30, 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (MFA) donated RMB 2 million (approx. USD 282,468) in humanitarian assistance to Matanzas Province, Cuba, to support post-disaster recovery after the August 2022 oil tank explosion at the Supertanker Base. The assistance package consisted of RMB 1 million in cash and RMB 1 million in food supplies, including cooking oil and canned/preserved meat. The aid was distributed across 23 educational and health institutions in the province. The handover ceremony was attended by Chinese Ambassador Ma Hui and provincial government officials. The donation is part of a broader set of Chinese assistance packages provided to Cuba in response to the Matanzas explosion. MFA official sources emphasized this grant as an example of “South-South solidarity” and “China’s friendship with Cuba in times of hardship.”