Overview

City of Guangzhou donates 100,000 medical face masks to the City of Bristol

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$72,221

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

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Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

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Key dates

Commitment date: Apr 9, 2020

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The City of Guangzhou donates medical face masks to the City of Bristol. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5746665

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

City of Guangzhou

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

City of Bristol

Loan description

City of Guangzhou donates 100,000 medical face masks to the City of Bristol

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Project narrative

On April 9, 2020, Bristol’s Mayor, Marvin Rees announced that the city was due to receive 100,000 face masks for frontline workers from its sister city of Guangzhou. Expressing frustration over the UK government’s tardy dispatch of PPE to Bristol amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, he thanked the Guangzhou city government for coming to their aid.

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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