Overview

Shandong Provincial Government donates bronze Confucius statue to Waseda University

Commitment Year•2008Country of Activity•JapanDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•JapanSector•Other Social Infrastructure And ServicesFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jun 16, 2008

Start (actual): Jun 16, 2008

End (actual): Jun 16, 2008

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

Shandong Provincial Government

Receiving agencies

NGO/CSO/Foundations

Waseda University

Loan description

Shandong Provincial Government donates bronze Confucius statue to Waseda University

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On June 16, 2008, the Shandong Provincial Government donated a bronze statue of Confucius to Waseda University. The statue, located in the university's Okuma Garden, weighs about 1 ton and has a height of 2008 millimeters. It stands on a 500 millimeters tall base made of black marble, and was specially designed and crafted in the Shandong province of China/ On June 16, 2008 the statue was unveiled in a ceremony attended by Chinese President Hu Jintao, Vice Governor of Shandong Province Cai Limin, Minister of the Chinese Embassy in Japan Kong Hoonyou, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Unoji. The Confucius statue at Waseda University was the first ever of its kind donated by the Chinese government. The financial value of the statue is unknown.