Overview

China Railway Engineering participates in rescue mission after earthquake in Papua New Guinea in 2018 (Linked to Record ID#104461)

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•Papua New GuineaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Papua New GuineaSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Feb 26, 2018

End (actual): Feb 26, 2018

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Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

State-owned companies

China Railway Engineering Corporation (CRECG)

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Papua New Guinea

Loan description

China Railway Engineering participates in rescue mission after earthquake in Papua New Guinea in 2018 (Linked to Record ID#104461)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On February 26, 2018, China Railway Engineering Corporation (CREC) participated in a rescue mission to construct a "passage of life" after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurred in Hela Province, Papua New Guinea. CREC cleared obstacles on the road for emergency response cars to pass through. On the same day, CREC donated 24,000 PNG Kina to the government of Papua New Guinea (Linked to Record ID#104461).