Chinese Government Grants digital Teaching Equipment and Ambulances to the Government of Bulgaria

On 4 October 2005, the Chinese government donated 17 ambulances and two sets of digital teaching equipment worth a total of 5 million RMB arrived in Sofia, Bulgaria. On 11 October 2005, a donation ceremony was held to transfer the 5 million RMB worth of aid equipment to Bulgaria. The formal ceremony was held at the National Public Health Center, where the Chinese embassy's political counselor, Wang Junling, symbolically presented the keys of the ambulances to Bulgaria's Health Minister Radoslav Gaidarski. The ceremony was held in the presence of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs - Evgenia Koldanova, Director of the Foreign Assistance Agency - Grigor Malev M.D., Deputy Minister of Health - Matei Mateev M.D., Head of Sofia's Emergency Centre - Georgi Gelev M.D., representatives of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, doctors and healthcare experts. One set of teaching equipment was donated to Sofia No.18 Middle school, another one was donated to Sofia university. 10 ambulances were donated to Sofia, the rest were allocated to other cities.

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