Funding and Partnerships with Chinese and Hong Kong Entities
Dear University of Liverpool,
Could you please provide the details of accepted donations, gifts, grants and research funding (worth over £5,000) to your University from Chinese and Hong Kong entities.
Alongside this, please provide the total percentage of income provided by Chinese and Hong Kong entities. Please provide one percentage including Chinese and Hong Kong international student fees, and another excluding such.
Please provide this information for the financial years of 2020-2021, 2021-2022 and information available for the current year (2022-2023).
For each donation/gift/funding, I would like to know the following information:
- Specify the country
- Specify the name of the individual or the ultimate beneficial owner of the corporation/charity/trust/foundation/organisation
- The date your institution accepted the money
- The total sum (breakdown if applicable) and description of the accepted money
- A description of the purpose of the donation and what it will be used for. E.g. the department or project benefiting from the funding.
Defining Chinese and Hong Kong entities:
*For individuals this includes those with citizenship in either country.
*For corporations/companies with a HQ and/or has been founded in either country.
*For charities/trusts/foundations please include a) grant-giving trusts registered in China/Hong Kong b) grant-giving government affiliated bodies registered in China/Hong Kong.
*Any other organisation from each country to consider to be relevant, e.g. including education-based organisations
I look forward to your response.
Yours faithfully,
Jessica Ní Mhainín
Hello Jessica
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Hello Jessica
Please find attached the response to your request for information under
the Freedom of Information Act (our reference FOI/2223/310).
Kind regards, Kirsty
Kirsty Rothwell
Freedom of Information Officer / Data Protection Co-ordinator
Legal & Governance
Pronouns: She/Her
Phonetic pronunciation of first name: kir-stee
University of Liverpool, Foundation Building, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69
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