Overview

Chinese company (CMEC) donates LKR5m for flood disaster relief

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$51,407

Commitment Year•2011Country of Activity•Sri LankaSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Feb 25, 2011

Start (actual): Feb 25, 2011

End (actual): Feb 25, 2011

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 Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC)

Loan description

Chinese company (CMEC) donates LKR5m for flood disaster relief

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In 2011, China Machinery Engineering Co., Ltd. (CMEC) donated 5 million rupees to Sri Lanka as emergency relief during flooding that occurred while the Puthalam Coal Power Plant Project (普塔拉姆煤电站项目) was being built. On 25 February 2011, vice president of CMEC Li Chaoyang met Sri Lanka First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa [希兰蒂·拉贾帕克萨] and expressed condolences on the recent floods disaster in Sri Lanka, and on behalf of the company contributed five million rupees to assist relief operations.