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Overview

Fuqing Municipal Government donates masks to Japan for COVID-19 prevention

Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•JapanDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•JapanSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Mar 20, 2020
Start (actual)
Mar 20, 2020
End (actual)
Mar 20, 2020

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

  • Fuqing Municipal Government

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Japan

Loan description

Fuqing Municipal Government donates masks to Japan for COVID-19 prevention

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In March 2020, the Fuqing Municipal Government donated an unknown number of masks to unspecified recipients in Japan for COVID-19 prevention. On March 21, the city of Fuqing, located in eastern China's Fujian Province, pledged to ship 700,000 face masks to countries including Italy, Britain, and Japan. On March 20, 2020, the first batch of nearly 300,000 masks from Fuqing City were sent to Italy, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Macao and other countries. It is unknown how many of these masks were sent to Japan. The financial value of the donation is unknown.