Project ID: 95991

Chinese Embassy provides 2,000 Huawei computers to Government of the Philippines for virtual education support

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Chinese Embassy [Government Agency]

Recipient

Philippines

Sector

Education (Code: 110)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-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

2021-02-02

Actual start

2021-02-02

Actual complete

2021-02-02

Description

On February 2, 2021, the Chinese Embassy provided 2,000 Huawei tablet computers to the Government of the Philippines. The computers were then distributed to the Philippine Secretary of Education and Assistant to the President for Foreign Affairs. The purpose of this donation was to support virtual education efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The monetary value of this donation is unknown. A handover ceremony was held for this donation at the Philippine Presidential Palace. China’s Ambassador to the Philippines, Huang Xilian, delivered the computers to the Philippine Secretary of Education, Leonor Magtolis Briones, and Presidential Assistant Poch.

Additional details

1. The Philippine Presidential Palace is also known as Malacañang Palace or Malacañan Palace.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

9

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of the Philippines [Government Agency]