Chinese Government pledges 300,000 tons of food aid to North Korea in 2008
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Summary
Funding agency [Type]
Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]
Recipient
North Korea
Sector
Developmental food aid/food security assistance (Code: 520)
Flow type
Grant
Infrastructure
No
Category
Project lifecycle
Description
When Xi Jinping went to North Korea in 2008 as vice president, the Chinese Government agreed to provide more than 300,000 tons of food to North Korea, according to Park Byung Kwang, director of the center for Northeast Asia at the Seoul-based Institute for National Security Strategy, a think tank affiliated with South Korea’s main spy agency. However, according to Chinese Government reporting to the World Food Program’s International Food Aid Information System (INTERFAIS), it ultimately provided no food aid deliveries to North Korea in 2008. Chinese food aid deliveries in 2009 are captured via Project ID#63004.
Additional details
Some sources indicate that the Chinese Government agreed to provide 120,000 tons of food aid to North Korea in 2008.
Number of official sources
0
Number of total sources
4
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Government of North Korea [Government Agency]