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China International Book Trading Corporation donates surgical masks to the University of Washington Libraries for COVID-19 aid

Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•United StatesDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•United StatesSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Mar 11, 2020
Start (actual)
Mar 11, 2020
End (actual)
Mar 11, 2020

Stakeholders

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

Funding agencies

State-owned companies

  • China International Book Trading Corporation (CIBTC)

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • University of Washington

Loan description

China International Book Trading Corporation donates surgical masks to the University of Washington Libraries for COVID-19 aid

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

During the Covid-19 Pandemic (2020) the following seven institutions/corporations donated the following quantities of surgical masks to the University of Washington Libraries: The Chinese Academy of Social Science Library donated 2,500 masks (captured by Record ID#103213); the Dunhuang Academy Library sent 500 masks (Record ID#110984); Shanghai Library sent 500 masks (Record ID#110985); the China National Publications Import and Export (Group) Co., Ltd. (CNPIEC), Shanghai Branch, sent one to two hundred masks (Record ID#110986); China Educational Publications Import and Export Corporation Ltd. (CEPIEC) donated one to two hundred masks (Record ID#110987); and China International Book Trading Corporation also sent one to two hundred masks (Record ID#110988). Beijing Zhenben Technology Co. Ltd, a private company, also donated one to two hundred masks. UW Libraries donated the majority of the masks to UW Medicine, except for 500 masks which were distributed among UW Libraries' Tateuchi East Asia Library (TEAL) staff members.

Staff comments

1. No official dates were provided therfore all listed dates are based on the date on which the United States government declared Covid-19 a "pandemic".