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Chinese Government provides RMB 70 million grant for Sino-Congolese Friendship Hospital Construction Project in M’Filou

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$14,215,350
Commitment Year•2009Country of Activity•CongoDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•CongoSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Sep 23, 2009
Start (actual)
Aug 9, 2011
End (actual)
Mar 30, 2013

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This project involved the construction of the Sino-Congolese Friendship Hospital (or Hôpital d'amitié sino-congolaise de M’Filou or l'Hôpital de base de Mfilou) in M’Filou, which is located in the 7th arrondissement of the capital city of Brazzaville. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/784137423.

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

  • China Ministry of Commerce

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Republic of Congo

Implementing agencies

State-owned companies

  • China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC)

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provides RMB 70 million grant for Sino-Congolese Friendship Hospital Construction Project in M’Filou

Narrative

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Project narrative

In 2009, the Chinese Government and the Republic of Congo signed a grant agreement for the Sino-Congolese Friendship Hospital Construction Project. China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) was the source of grant funding and it reportedly committed RMB 70 million (approximately 5.6 billion CFA francs or $10 million) in total. This project involved the construction of a 100-bed hospital in M’Filou (Mfilou), which is the 7th arrondissement of the capital city of Brazzaville. The hospital occupies an area of more than 6,300 m2 and it contains an outpatient building, emergency building, medical technology building, ward building, and dormitory building, logistics and support building. It is also equipped with a laboratory, an operating theater, a mortuary, guard rooms, and modern medical technology. China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd. (CSCEC) was the contractor responsible for project implementation. They signed a construction contract on September 23, 2009. The project commenced on August 9, 2011 and it was completed on January 8, 2013. The hospital was officially inaugurated on March 30, 2013 by Chinese President Xi Jinping and First Lady Peng Liyuan. It reportedly employs 260 doctors and nurses.

Staff comments

This project is also known as Comprehensive General Hospital Project in Mfilou District (in Brazzaville). The Chinese project title is 援刚姆非鲁医院 or 中刚友好医院 or 援刚医院项目 or 援刚果（布）综合医院和医疗队宿舍项目 or 中刚友好医院. The French project title is l'Hôpital d'amitié sino-congolaise de M’Filou or l'Hôpital de base de M’Filou. There are some indications that this project may have been partially financed with the proceeds from an interest-free loan that was signed on March 23, 2008 (see Record ID#30494). However, AidData has not yet independently confirmed that the Congolese authorities drew down on the March 23, 2008 loan to support this project, so it is coded as grant-financed for the time being. Also, some sources refer to the Sino-Congolese Friendship Hospital as having 120 beds, while others refer to it as having 95 or 100 beds.