Overview

Chinese Embassy donates 200 Chinese books to the National Library of Mauritius

Commitment Year•2019Country of Activity•MauritiusDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MauritiusSector•Other Social Infrastructure And ServicesFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Aug 10, 2019

Start (planned): Aug 10, 2019

Start (actual): Aug 10, 2019

End (planned): Aug 10, 2019

End (actual): Aug 10, 2019

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

Chongqing Library

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

National Library of Mauritius

Loan description

Chinese Embassy donates 200 Chinese books to the National Library of Mauritius

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On 10 August 2019, during the inauguration of the 17th Festival of Books for World Book and Copyright Day in St. Pierre Square, Chinese Ambassador Sun Gongyi and his spouse Wang Ju attended the opening ceremony alongside Mauritian officials, including the Minister of Arts and Culture, the Minister of Education and Human Resources, and the Director of the National Library. At the event, Ambassador Sun, on behalf of China, donated more than 200 Chinese books provided by the Chongqing Library to the National Library of Mauritius.