Project ID: 87004

China Embassy in Gabon donates books for Wenhui Library at African Management University

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Chinese Embassy [Government Agency]

Recipient

Gabon

Sector

Education (Code: 110)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Representational (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

OOF-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2018-04-24

Actual start

2018-04-24

Actual complete

2018-04-24

Geography

Description

On April 24, 2018, Ambassador to Gabon Hu Changchun and Embassy diplomats attended the Chinese Culture University opening ceremony of the Chinese Cultural Salon and Wenhui Library with a donation of books. The Secretary-General of the Ministry of Agriculture of Gabon and the Chairman of the Gabonian Chinese Students Association, the head of the Asian Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Canada, the President of the African Management University, representatives of teachers and students of the school, and representatives of Chinese-funded enterprises attended the event. Afterwards, Ambassador Hu unveiled the Wenhui Library. The library bears the name Wenhui, which means "the meeting of cultures" or "the gathering of scholars". He and the guests visited the exhibition of Chinese landscape and folklore paintings displayed in the bookstore. He introduced the collection of Chinese donated books to everyone and enjoyed Chinese tea together. In addition, from 2019 onwards, the Embassy will grant two scholarships each year to the best students of the University for their studies in China.

Additional details

Number of official sources

3

Number of total sources

6

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Gabon [Government Agency]