Chinese Government provides RMB 100 million interest-free loan for the Sudan Presidential Palace Office Building Construction Project

Project narrative

On 2 February 2007, at Friendship Hall in Khartoum, Sudan's President Umar al-Bashir and China's President Hu Jintao signed an RMB 100 million interest-free loan agreement for the Presidential Palace Office Construction Project. The other loan terms are unknown. This project involved the construction of an office building (with a total construction area of 18,700 square meters) at the Presidential Palace in Khartoum. The building is located on the Nile River, adjacent to the Old Presidential Palace and the Presidential Palace Museum. Chongqing Foreign Construction Corporation, a subsidiary of Chongqing Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Group Co., Ltd, was the contractor responsible for implementation. On 22 June 2009, Chinese Ambassador Li Chengwen signed a supplementary exchange of letters for this project. The formal groundbreaking ceremony took place on 15 March 2011. Construction was completed in May 2014 and an opening ceremony took place on 26 January 2015.