Overview

State Council Information Office contributes to donation of 439 volumes worth £24,814 GBP to the University of Cambridge Library (Linked to Record ID#96550)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$20,059

Commitment Year•2013Country 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: Sep 1, 2013

Start (actual): Sep 1, 2013

End (actual): Sep 1, 2013

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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

China State Council Information Office (SCIO)

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

University of Cambridge

Loan description

State Council Information Office contributes to donation of 439 volumes worth £24,814 GBP to the University of Cambridge Library (Linked to Record ID#96550)

Narrative

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Project narrative

During the University of Cambridge's 2013-2014 academic year, China's State Council Information Office (SCIO) and the National Library of China donated 107 Chinese titles in 439 volumes worth £24,814 GBP to the University of Cambridge as part of the Window to China program. Notable items in this donation included 'Qing dai gao chao ben' (150 vols) (Guangzhou, 2007–12) (a reprint collection of manuscripts from the Qing Dynasty, 1644–1912) and 'Rui ying Yong-le' (Daoist murals from the Yongle Palace) (Hefei, 2012). Record ID#96523 captures SCIO's contribution. Record ID#96550 captures the National Library's contribution.

Staff comments

1. The individual contribution of the two donors to this donation worth £24,814 GBP is unknown. For the time being, AidData has estimated the contributions of SCIO and the National Library of China by assuming that each donor contributed an equal amount (£12,407 GBP) to the donation.