Overview

Chinese Government commits RMB 160 million of food assistance

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$26,262,406

Commitment Year•2016Country of Activity•ZimbabweDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•ZimbabweSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2016

Start (planned): Mar 23, 2016

Start (actual): Sep 25, 2016

End (actual): Sep 11, 2017

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

China Ministry of Commerce

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Zimbabwe

Loan description

Chinese Government commits RMB 160 million of food assistance

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On 23 March, 2016, during the Second Multi-Stakeholder Consultative Meeting in Zimbabwe, China’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Huang Ping, pledged that the Chinese Government would grant RMB 160 million (approximately 24.6 million U.S. dollars) of emergency food aid to Zimbabwe to help alleviate the famine situation in the country. More specifically, the Chinese Government agreed to donate 19,000 tons of rice. A first consignment of 5,550 tons of rice arrived in Zimbabwe on 15 September, 2016. A second consignment of 12,5000 tons of rice arrived in Zimbabwe on 11 September, 2017.