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Overview

Fuqing Municipal Government donates unknown number of masks to unspecified recipients in the United Kingdom

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$168,516
Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•United KingdomDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•United KingdomSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Implementation

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
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

Miscellaneous Agency Types

  • Unspecified UK Organizations

Loan description

Fuqing Municipal Government donates unknown number of masks to unspecified recipients in the United Kingdom

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In March 2020, the Fuqing Municipal Government donated an unknown number of masks to unspecified recipients in the United Kingdom 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 (captured via Record ID#97959), Malaysia, Hong Kong, Macao and other countries. It is unknown how many of these masks were sent to the United Kingdom. The financial value of the donation is unknown.

Staff comments

1. AidData has estimated the transaction amount for this donation based on price catalogues from the World Health Organization (WHO). Please see the TUFF Methodology for additional details 2. Transaction Value estimated based on original offer of 700,000 assuming equal distribution to the three recipient nations (total value of 700,000 masks divided by three)