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Overview

Beihang University donates a high-definition satellite imagery map of Greenland to the Government of Greenland

Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•GreenlandDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•GreenlandSector•Agriculture, Forestry, FishingFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2017
Start (actual)
Jan 1, 2017
End (actual)
Jan 1, 2017

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

  • Beihang University (formerly Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics (BUAA))

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Greenland

Loan description

Beihang University donates a high-definition satellite imagery map of Greenland to the Government of Greenland

Narrative

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Project narrative

In or around 2017, Beihang University (formerly and sometimes still referred to as Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA), a Chinese public university tied to the People's Liberation Army Air Force, donated a high-definition satellite imagery map of Greenland to the Government of Greenland. This map was of higher-definition than any one the government possessed due to its lack of satellite imagery access and was expected to help it measure the impact of climate change on the country.

Staff comments

1. The exact donation date is unclear. However, in the context of "Pole Position", this donation is mentioned after a remark about an article in 2016 and then change in U.S. policy in 2018, suggesting that the donation was made in or around 2017. AidData has coded 2017 as the commitment, start and end implementation dates, and marked the commitment_date_estimated? field as True.