Project ID: 32656

Chinese Government provides RMB 204 million interest-free loan for National Assembly Building Construction Project

Commitment amount

$ 44852492.16774335

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 44852492.17

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Ministry of Commerce [Government Agency]

Recipient

Chad

Sector

Government and civil society (Code: 150)

Flow type

Loan

Level of public liability

Central government debt

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

2009-10-09

Actual start

2011-07-01

Actual complete

2013-08-01

Geography

Description

On October 9, 2009, Ambassador Yang Guangyu and Chad’s Minister of Foreign Relations Faki signed an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA), which committed an interest-free loan for the National Assembly Building Construction Project. China Ministry of Commerce was the source of funding and it committed RMB 204 million in total. This project involved the construction of a new National Assembly Building in the southeastern section of the city of N'Djaména. The building, which combines architectural design elements from China and Chad, includes more than 100 conference halls, banquet halls, meeting rooms and various offices. It is divided into three “blocks”. The first block includes a hemicycle with 422 seats, a banquet hall with 350 seats, and eight meeting rooms for parliamentary committees (four of which have 30 seats and four of which have 40 seats). The second block is an administrative block with a ground floor and two levels; it has 75 standard offices, including six for the President of the National Assembly and his five vice-presidents. The third block consists of a building that house a high voltage electrical transformer (15,000 volts), two drinking water tanks of 33 m3 each, two pumping systems (for drinking water and fire-fighting water), a fire tank with a capacity of 3,000 m3, an emergency generator with a power of 15,000 volts, three sentry boxes, and a fence wall. The building is equipped with a security system and an advanced multimedia conference system. China Shandong International Economic and Technical Cooperation Corporation was the contractor responsible for implementation. On December 24, 2011, the a construction contract for this project was signed in N’Djamena. Then, on February 16, 2011, a groundbreaking ceremony took place. Chadian President Deby, Prime Minister Nadingar, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, and China’s Ambassador to Chad Yang Guangyu attended the ceremony. Construction began in July 2011 and ended in August 2013. On November 29, 2013, the project was officially completed and handed over to the Government of Chad.

Additional details

The Chinese project title is 席中国援乍得议会大厦项目 or 乍得议会大厦项目 or 新议会大厦 or 乍得妇女培训中心项目 or 中国援乍得议会大厦项目 or 乍得议会大厦项目. The French project title is Palais de la démocratie (Assemblée Nationale) or Le palais de la Représentation nationale du Tchad or La construction du palais de l'Assemblée nationale or Le nouveau Palais de l'Assemblée national or Palais de la Démocratie. This loan-financed project is not included in the database of Chinese loan commitments that SAIS-CARI released in July 2020. Since loan terms for the interest-free loan are unavailable, AidData has set maturity period to 20 years by default and grace period to 10 years by default per China's Foreign Assistance White Paper (http://www.cidca.gov.cn/2018-08/06/c_129925064_3.htm) which states that the maturity period of interest-free loans is 20 years, with a drawdown period of 5 years, grace period of 5 years, and repayment over 10 years. AidData treats the drawdown period as providing 5 years of additional grace.

Number of official sources

13

Number of total sources

22

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Chad [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

China Shandong International Economic and Technical Cooperation Corporation (SIETC) [State-owned Company]

Loan Details

Maturity

20 years

Interest rate

0.0%

Grace period

10 years

Grant element (OECD Grant-Equiv)

71.6021%

Bilateral loan

Interest-free loan

Investment project loan