Overview

Chinese Government donates marble statue of Mencius to Ritsumeikan University to commemorate opening of Ritsumeikan Confucius Institute

Commitment Year•2005Country 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: Jul 22, 2005

Start (actual): Jul 22, 2005

End (actual): Jul 22, 2005

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

NGO/CSO/Foundations

Ritsumeikan University

Loan description

Chinese Government donates marble statue of Mencius to Ritsumeikan University to commemorate opening of Ritsumeikan Confucius Institute

Narrative

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Project narrative

On July 22, 2005, the Chinese Government donated a statue of Mencius to Ritsumeikan University in commemoration of the opening of the Ritsumeikan Confucius Institute. The marble statue is about 2.9 meters high, weighs about 1.8 tons, and was installed in the university library. The statue was created in a workshop in Shandong Province using stone from Shandong Province, where Mencius was from. On July 22, 2005, the statue was officially dedicated in a ceremony attended by Wang Yi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to Japan. The statue commemoration ceremony coincided with ceremonies marking the opening of the Ritsumeikan Confucius Institute.