China sends 11-member expert team to help Sri Lanka with reconstruction efforts

Funder	China Ministry of Civil Affairs\|China Ministry of Commerce\|China Ministry of Construction
Recipient Organization	Government of Sri Lanka
Country	Sri Lanka
Start Date	Jan 01, 2005
End Date	Jul 24, 2030
Duration	9,335 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`33243`

Grant Description

On January 19, 2005, an 11-member Chinese expert team from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOC), Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Civil Affairs arrived in Sri Lanka to 1) evaluate local conditions in the wake of the killer tsunami, 2) help local governments in the country to resume the power supply and communications and 3) reconstruct the infrastructure facilities.

The expert team, China built for international relief efforts, left China's capital Beijing for Sri Lanka on Jan 17 and left 10 days later on Jan 27.

📋 Staff Comments

China contributed 63 million USD for tsunami relief in total, most of the individual projects are captured in the linked resource #41811.

📚 Sources & References

First Chinese reconstruction aid team arrives in Sri Lanka
Chinese experts wind up tour of Sri Lanka
Maldives
Reassessment, reconstruction expert teams under way to tsunami-hit countries
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