Chinese Government provides grant for Container Inspection Equipment Project (Linked to Record ID#1443)

Project narrative

On April 20, 2011, the Chinese Deputy Minister of Commerce, Fu Ziying, signed a grant agreement with Nabil Abdel-Hamid, the Assistant Minister of Investment and International Cooperation of Egypt, for a Container Inspection Equipment Project. The monetary value of this grant commitment is unknown. The purpose of this project was to provide two container/vehicle inspection devices to the Egyptian Customs Authority and train Egyptian officials on the use of these devices at the Port Said Port in Port Said. On December 15, 2011, representatives of Egyptian Customs Authority and Nuctech Company Limited completed technical and performance tests in the city of Port Said (بور سعيد). By March 20, 2012, the two container inspections systems had become operational.