Overview

Jining City Government donates Confucius state to Gum San Chinese Heritage Centre to mark 150th anniversary of Ararat

Commitment Year•2008Country of Activity•AustraliaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•AustraliaSector•Other Social Infrastructure And ServicesFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Feb 1, 2008

Start (actual): Feb 1, 2008

End (actual): Feb 1, 2008

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

Jining City Government

Receiving agencies

NGO/CSO/Foundations

Gum San Chinese Heritage Centre

Loan description

Jining City Government donates Confucius state to Gum San Chinese Heritage Centre to mark 150th anniversary of Ararat

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In February 2008, the Jining City Government donated a stone state of Confucius to the Gum San Chinese Heritage Centre to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Ararat's founding. Ararat is the only city in Australia to be founded by Chinese. The statue stands 2.18m tall and weighs 3,200kg. The statue was a gift from the China Society for Promoting Guancai Program, Chinese Overseas Friendship Association, People's Government of Jining City - Shandong Province, Greenking Group Pty Ltd, Shandong, Yongsheng Real Estate Development (Group) Co. Ltd, Jiang Zhaoqing - Managing Director of 3CW Chinese Radio, China Association for Returned Overseas Chinese, China Confucius Research Association, Australian Confucius Society Inc, Qian Qiguo and Du Yueye - President and Executive President of Australian Confucius Research Society Inc.