China will provide 90 million RMB (approximately 5 billion rupees) worth of fabric for the uniform need of Sri Lanka for 2023, Chinese Embassy said.
The first batch containing three million meters of finished fabric has already left China, embassy said.
In a twitter message the embassy said, the first batch contains 2374427.5 meters of White Shirt/Frock, 350031.5 meters of White Trouser, 150003.5 meters of blue Trouser and 138134 meters of Orange Robe
We are proud to gift 90 million RMB (5 billion LKR) worth of school uniform material to millions of #SriLankan students to meet 70% of the whole country's requirement in 2023.
The 1st batch (3 mln meters of finished material in 38k boxes via 20 containers) has left 🇨🇳 for 🇱🇰 pic.twitter.com/nm9dxUlBPR
— Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka (@ChinaEmbSL) December 19, 2022