Overview

Nanjing funds professorship in Cambridge University in September 2019

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$13,196,475

Commitment Year•2019Country of Activity•United KingdomDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•United KingdomSector•EducationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Sep 1, 2019

End (actual): Sep 1, 2019

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Nanjing funds professorship in Cambridge University. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/151180819

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

Nanjing Municipal Government

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

University of Cambridge

Loan description

Nanjing funds professorship in Cambridge University in September 2019

Narrative

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Project narrative

In September 2019, the Nanjing Municipal People's Government (南京市人民政府) and the University of Cambridge established the Nanjing Professorship of Technology and Innovation in the Department of Engineering at University of Cambridge. Daping Chu (初大平) was the first professor appointed to hold this leadership. This £10 million GBP-professorship was funded by the China deal.