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Chinese Government donates 200,000 electronic books to the Cambridge University Library

Commitment Year•2009Country of Activity•United KingdomDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•United KingdomSector•Other Social Infrastructure And ServicesFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Feb 2, 2009
Start (actual)
Feb 2, 2009
End (actual)
Feb 2, 2009

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Cambridge University Library is located at West Rd, Cambridge CB3 9DR, UK. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1950099

Stakeholders

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

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • University of Cambridge

Implementing agencies

Private Sector

  • Beijing Founder Apabi Technology Ltd

Loan description

Chinese Government donates 200,000 electronic books to the Cambridge University Library

Narrative

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Project narrative

On February 2, 2009, the Chinese Government, via Chinese Premier Wen Jibao, donated 200,000 electronic books to the Cambridge University Library. The donation was presented in a short ceremony prior to Wen's delivery of the 2008-2009 Rede Lecture. The 200,000 titles were selected to complement the library's existing Chinese holdings and comprise books published since 1992 in the humanities, including classical and modern Chinese language and literature, history, geography, politics, economics, law, philosophy, religion, social sciences, military affairs, culture, education, and art. The collection of e-books, specially selected for Cambridge, was also accompanied by an elegant scroll bearing the Chinese title "China Digital Library" inscribed in Wen's own calligraphy. The digital publishing and e-book technology used in the digital library platform presented to Cambridge were developed by Founder Apabi Technology Ltd of Peking University.