Chinese Embassy and Chinese companies donate $6,000 USD for disaster relief in Myanmar after Cyclone Nargis
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC) [State-owned Company]
China Building Material Industrial Corporation for Foreign Economic-Technical Corporation (CBMIC) [State-owned Company]
Chinese Embassy [Government Agency]
China National Heavy Machinery Corporation (CHMC) [State-owned Company]
China Chengda Engineering Co. Ltd [State-owned Company]
Recipient
Myanmar
Sector
Emergency response (Code: 720)
Flow type
Grant
Infrastructure
No
Category
Project lifecycle
Description
On 2 May 2008, Cycone Nargis hit Myanmar leaving tens of thousands of people dead, missing, or homeless. In response, on 10 May 2008, the Chinese Economic Attaché Office, jointly with a number of Chinese firms active in Myanmar, donated $6,000 USD (1.35 million kyat) for disaster relief efforts. The firms included Anhui Foreign Economic, China National Aero-Technology, Chinese Building Materials Industrial Corporation (CBMIC), China National Heavy Machinery Co, China Chengda Engineering and other companies.
Additional details
Financial amount is not provided since we do not know the breakdown of private vs. official funders.
Number of official sources
2
Number of total sources
2
Details
Cofinanced
Yes
Cofinancing agencies [Type]
Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Group Co., Ltd. (AFECC) [Private Sector]
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Government of Myanmar (Burma) [Government Agency]