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Chinese Government donates 5400 tons of rice worth RMB 50 million to Zimbabwe in 2015

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$8,322,258
Commitment Year•2014Country of Activity•ZimbabweDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•ZimbabweSector•Developmental Food Aid/food Security AssistanceFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2014
Start (planned)
Jan 1, 2014
Start (actual)
Mar 16, 2015
End (actual)
Mar 16, 2015

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 donates 5400 tons of rice worth RMB 50 million to Zimbabwe in 2015

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In 2014, the governments of China and Zimbabwe signed an RMB 50 million grant agreement for the provision of rice assistance. Then, on 16 March, 2015, the Chinese Government officially delivered 5,400 tons of rice to the Government of Zimbabwe. The donated rice was earmarked for Zimbabwean orphans and disabled persons. The handover ceremony took place in the Grain Marketing Board Aspindale Depot at Harare. Charge d’Affaires Cui Chun and Zimbabwe's Minister of Public Service, Labor and Social Welfare Mupfumira signed the acceptance certificate on behalf of their respective governments. Charge d’Affaires, Cui Chun, stated at the ceremony that the donation represented the Chinese Government's willingness to support Zimbabwe in its efforts to increase food production and attain food security. This project is completed.

Staff comments

The Southern Eye source states that the 2015 donation was worth "more than USD $8 million," which is equivalent to the RMB 50 million worth of rice promised in 2014, which is why these commitments are coded as the same project.