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Overview

First Affiliated Hospital of Sun-Yat Sen University donates personal protective equipment to the United Kingdom

Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•United KingdomDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•United KingdomSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Apr 1, 2020
Start (actual)
Apr 2, 2020
End (actual)
Apr 25, 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

  • First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of the United Kingdom

Loan description

First Affiliated Hospital of Sun-Yat Sen University donates personal protective equipment to the United Kingdom

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

Between April 2 and 25, 2002, 20 flights operated by passenger airlines including British Airways and Virgin Atlantic, as well as various cargo operators and delivery specialists, the British Embassy in Beijing worked with the UK Department of Health to procure and source donations of medical equipment from Chinese organizations. The China Civil Aviation Authority granted the UK special permission to allow passenger routes to take cargo for the shipment. Chinese organizations that donated medical equipment to the UK Government include: Dalian Haiqing Food, Tencent (private sector), Chinese Chevening Alumni (NGO), Administrative Committee of Changsha National High-Tech Industrial Development Zone (captured via Record ID#99452), First Affiliated Hospital of Sun-Yat Sen University (captured via Record ID#99453), China Construction Bank (captured via Record ID#96536, #96537, and #96538), Hangzhou Foreign and Affairs Office (captured via Record ID#99454), and Fosun International (private sector). The size of donation coming from each organization is unknown; however, it is known that over 22 million pieces of PPE and more than 1000 ventilators were provided to the NHS and Social Care Services from China over the 20 flights.