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Overview

China Donates Scientific Equipment to Universities in Chile

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$964,604
Commitment Year•2010Country of Activity•ChileSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2010
Start (actual)
Apr 10, 2012
End (actual)
Apr 10, 2012

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

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Loan description

China Donates Scientific Equipment to Universities in Chile

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In December 2010, the Chinese state councilor Lui Yandong signed an agreement to donate US$750,000 worth of scientific equipment to five Chilean universities that were rocked by the February 2010 earthquake. The equipment was said to be donated as part of an ongoing commitment from China to help Chile research and develop clean energy, biotechnology, astronomy, and seismology. According to data from the University of Chile, the awarded equipment was delivered on April 10th, and April 12th of 2012. The equipment included gas chromatograph, FT-IR spectrometer, binocular biological microscope, spectrophotometer.

Staff comments

The more conservative of the two figures mentioned in attached articles was coded as the transaction amount. The Chinese Embassy in Chile indicates an approximate value of 800,000 USD, while a Chilean news source indicates an approximate value of 750,000 USD. The English version of the Chilean news source incorrectly translates the original Spanish to 750 million, but the original Spanish indicates 750 thousand ("750 mil").