Project ID: 34194

China donates 2 digital seismographs to Myanmar

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Myanmar

Sector

Emergency response (Code: 720)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2003-01-01

Actual start

2003-04-22

Actual complete

2003-04-20

Description

In April 2003, a ceremony was held as the Chinese government handed over two digital seismographs to Myanmar in order to assist seismographic tasks. Myanmar lies on the Alphide Himalaya earthquake belt with frequent seismographic events. Myanmar Minister of Transport Hla Myint Swe was present at the ceremony to accept and give thanks.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

3

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Myanmar (Burma) [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Chinese Embassy [Government Agency]

Myanmar Ministry of Transport [Government Agency]