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Yunnan foreign affairs office donates 1,000,000 Covid-19 masks to Government of Laos in May 2021 (linked to Record ID#96540)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$307,995
Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•Lao People's Democratic RepublicDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Lao People's Democratic RepublicSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
May 10, 2021
Start (actual)
May 10, 2021
End (actual)
May 10, 2021

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Yunnan foreign affairs office donated masks to Government of Laos. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4727873

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

  • The Foreign Affairs Office of Yunnan

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Loan desecription

Yunnan foreign affairs office donates 1,000,000 Covid-19 masks to Government of Laos in May 2021 (linked to Record ID#96540)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On May 10, 2021, the handover ceremony of anti-epidemic supplies from the Foreign Affairs Office of the Yunnan Province to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Laos occurred. The materials consisted of 1 million masks and were intended for the the northern border provinces of Laos. The ceremony was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Laos. Counselor Xiang Fangqiang and Director of the General Office of the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs Po Sai attended the ceremony. Of the 1 million masks, it is possible that 600,000 were provided specifically by the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture (captured via Record ID#96540).

Staff comments

1. It is possible that the 600,000 masks donated by the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture (a prefecture within the Yunnan province), captured via Record ID#96540, were a subset of the 1 million masks described in this project. It is also possible that Record ID#96540 and Record ID#96503 are duplicates, or that the donations are completely separate (i.e. a total of 1.6 million masks were donated). While the timing of the two donations and similarities in donors/recipients indicates a potential duplicate, given the vastly differing numbers and slightly different donors, both projects have remained active. This is particularly the case insofar as it is possible the donations are "nested" - that is, the 600,000 masks are a subset of the 1 million - and this type of collaboration between subnational groups to provide one donation is common among donations of COVID-19 supplies. If this were the case, the two projects should also remain separated to capture the different financing organizations (the Yunnan Province and the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture). AidData has estimated the transaction amount for this donation based on price catalogues from the World Health Organization (WHO). Please see the TUFF Methodology for additional details.