Overview

Chinese Government provides $500,000 USD cash grant to support OAU Summit (Linked to Record ID#2113)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,161,261

Commitment Year•2001Country of Activity•ZambiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•ZambiaSector•Government And Civil SocietyFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Mar 7, 2001

Start (actual): Mar 7, 2001

End (actual): Jun 1, 2001

Geospatial footprint

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This project involved donating money to support the OAU summit in Lusaka. For more detailed locational information, see: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/10663254#map=11/-15.4280/28.3427.

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 Zambia

Loan description

Chinese Government provides $500,000 USD cash grant to support OAU Summit (Linked to Record ID#2113)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On March 7, 2001, the Chinese Government agreed to provide a $500,000 USD cash grant and office equipment worth 5 million RMB (see Record ID#2113) to the Government of Zambia in preparation for hosting the Organization of African Unity (OAU) Summit. The $500,000 USD check was officially handed over to the Zambian side in June 2001. China’s Ambassador to Zambia Peng Keyu and Zambian Vice President Enoch Kavindele attended the handover ceremony.