China offers to assist PNG Olympic team

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Papua New Guinea
Country	Papua New Guinea
Start Date	Jan 24, 2005
End Date	Jun 01, 2026
Duration	7,798 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`39189`

Grant Description

In 2005, A Chinese delegation was in Papua New Guinea to help the country prepare for the 2008 Olympics Games in Beijing. The five-member delegation is from the State Sport General Administration of China.

It comprises, vice minister Yu Zaiqing, director general Yan Jia, deputy director general Song Luzeng, secretary Wei Dai Shun and an official Shan Jie.

The purpose of the delegation's visit was to brief PNG on the preparations of the Beijing Olympics and to gauge from PNG what they need to know so that they can give assistance it requires to help the athletes. The delegation gave technical and coaching assistance as well as advice on how to prepare for the games.

China also gave specific help to the sports likely to represent PNG in Beijing boxing, swimming, taekwando, weightlifting, judo and shooting.

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China offers help for Olympics
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