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Overview

Government of China provides RMB 35,000,000 to Government of Malta for the Chinese Garden Refurbishment and Expansion Project in 2012

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$6,012,974
Commitment Year•2012Country of Activity•MaltaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MaltaSector•Government And Civil SocietyFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jun 25, 2012
Start (actual)
Oct 18, 2013
End (actual)
May 9, 2014

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

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Malta

Loan description

Government of China provides RMB 35,000,000 to Government of Malta for the Chinese Garden Refurbishment and Expansion Project in 2012

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In 2012, the Government of China provided a RMB 35,000,000 grant to the Government of Malta for the Chinese Garden Refurbishment and Expansion Project. This project supported a construction project for the Garden of Serenity located in Santa Lucia (or St Lucija), Malta. A grant agreement for the project was announced on June 25, 2012 at a joint-press conference. Implementation of the project began on October 18, 2013, with Suzhou Landscape Architecture Investment Development Group Co., Ltd., China IPPR International Engineering Corporation, and China Urban Construction Design & Research Institute designing and implementing the project. On October 18, 2013, a groundbreaking ceremony was also held for the project. On April 2, 2014, a meeting for the internal completion acceptance of the project was held. The project was completed on May 9, 2014 and a handover certificate was signed by the Chinese Embassy in Malta and the Ministry of Finance.

Staff comments

1. The Chinese project title is 中国园维修和改扩建项目. This project is also known as the Garden of Serenity Renovation and Expansion Project. The St Lucija Chinese Garden of was originally designed in October 1995 and constructed in 1997 by Suzhou Landscape Architecture Investment Development Group Co., Ltd with financial support from the Chinese Government.