Project ID: 18648

Chinese Government provides RMB 250 million grant for Ministerial Complex Construction Project (Linked to Project ID#30738, #30619, #56011)

Commitment amount

$ 46528475.52769436

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 46528475.53

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Ministry of Commerce [Government Agency]

Recipient

Liberia

Sector

Government and civil society (Code: 150)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

Yes

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2012-09-11

Planned start

2012-07-01

Actual start

2016-10-25

Actual complete

2019-04-29

NOTE: Red circles denote delays between planned and actual dates

Geography

Description

On September 11, 2012, the Chinese Government and the Liberian Government signed an exchange of letters, which committed RMB 250 million ($60 million) of grant funding for the Liberian Ministerial Complex Construction Project over a 3-year period (beginning in mid-2012). The grant proceeds were to be drawn from two Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreements (ECTAs) that the parties had previously signed in 2012 (captured via Project ID#30619) and 2013 (captured via Project ID#30738). The purpose of the project was to construct a new ministerial complex at the new Defense Ministry site in Congo Town. The exact locational coordinates of the project site are 6.27055, -10.73433. The 24,000 square meter complex was designed to include offices, meeting rooms, auditorium, multi-purpose halls, archives, canteen, and also auxiliary facilities such as water pump house, power distribution and generator rooms. Upon completion, the complex was meant to accommodate 1,300 people and house all the government ministries and agencies. Jiangsu Construction Engineering Group Co. was the contractor responsible for project implementation. Pre-design approvals were signed by both the Chinese and Liberian Governments on December 4, 2015. Construction began on October 25, 2016. However, a formal groundbreaking ceremony did not take place until April 28, 2017. Construction ended on April 29, 2019. The project was officially handed over to the local authorities on July 25, 2019.

Additional details

1. This project was not marked as an umbrella because the two ETCA projects from which it was funded were marked as umbrellas containing other unspecified sub-projects. 2. The Chinese project title is 援利比里亚政府办公楼项目 or 利比里亚政府办公楼项目.

Number of official sources

13

Number of total sources

27

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Liberia [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

China Jiangsu Construction Engineering Corporation [State-owned Company]