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City of Guangzhou donates Kapok flower statue to Bristol University

Commitment Year•2016Country of Activity•United KingdomDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•United KingdomSector•Other Social Infrastructure And ServicesFlow Type•Grant

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Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

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Commitment date: Sep 20, 2016

Start (actual): Sep 20, 2016

End (actual): Sep 20, 2016

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City of Guangzhou donates Kapok flower statue to be placed in the botanical garden of Bristol University. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5612770

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

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Government Agencies

Guangzhou Municipal Government

Receiving agencies

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University of Bristol

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City of Guangzhou donates Kapok flower statue to Bristol University

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On September 20, 2016, the city of Guangzhou donated a Kapok flower statue to the University of Bristol's Botanic Garden. The two-meter high steel flower was was designed by Chinese artists Li Ming, Li Xiongfei and Zhang Haipeng and donated by Mayor of Guangzhou Wen Guohui. The donation was meant to honor the 15th anniversary of the sister-city relationship between Guangzhou and Bristol.