Project ID: 90554

China provides two pandas to Russia's Moscow Zoo for fifteen-year period

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Russia

Sector

Other social infrastructure and services (Code: 160)

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

2019-02-28

Actual start

2019-04-29

Geography

Description

On February 28, 2019, the China Wildlife Conservation Association signed an agreement with the Moscow Zoo to send two giant pandas to Russia for a fifteen-year period with the goal of contributing to research surrounding panda reproduction. The two pandas, named Ru Yi and Ding Ding, departed from Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan Province, on April 29, 2019, and arrived at the Moscow Zoo on the same day. The leaders of the two countries visited the pandas on June 5th, 2019. On January 21, 2020, the Chinese ambassador visited Moscow Zoo and bring the pandas new year gifts. This is the second time a pair of giant pandas were sent from Sichuan Province to Moscow; a pair of pandas were also sent in 1957.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

5

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Russia [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

China Wildlife Conservation Association [NGO/CSO/Foundation]