Chinese Government provides grant for Malabo Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office Building Construction Project

Project narrative

On December 16, 2010, the Chinese Government and the Government of Equatorial Guinea signed an agreement for the construction of the Malabo Office Building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Project. China’s Ministry of Commerce provided grant funding for this project. However, the face value of the grant is unknown. The project involved the construction of a Ministry of Foreign Affairs office building in the city of Malabo. The building is five stories high, and it occupies an area of 12,483 square meters. It consists of a main building, electrical equipment room, water pump room, guard room, fence and outdoor roads. CITIC General Institute of Architectural Design and Research Co., Ltd. (formerly known as Wuhan Architectural Design Institute or 国武汉市建筑设计院) was the contractor responsible for project design. Huashan International Engineering Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Shanxi Construction Engineering Group (also known as Top International Engineering Corporation or TIEC), the contractor responsible for project implementation. A construction contract was signed with Huashan International Engineering Co., Ltd. in September 2011. Then, on March 22, 2012, the project officially commenced. However, construction did not begin until April 1, 2012. Then, another (supplementary) construction contract was signed by the Government of Equatorial Guinea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and TIEC on September 6. 2013. The project passed final inspection by the Chinese Government on December 30, 2014. It was officially completed and handed over to the Government of Equatorial Guinea on January 14, 2015.