Chinese Government provides $22 million grant for Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office Building Construction Project

On December 22, 2011, a Chinese government official signed an agreement granting $22 million USD for the construction of a new office building for Tanzania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (or 坦桑尼亚外交部办公楼项目) in Dar es Salaam.On May 27, 2014, Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Group Co. (AFECC) won the implementation contract worth 153,482,592.63 RMB to carry out this project. AFECC officially signed the contract on December, 15, 2015. The total land area of the project is 3,111 square meters with a floor area of 14,884 square meters. The project includes an office building, a generator house, and a guardhouse. The office building has six floors, 117 executive rooms, a multipurpose conference room, and a library. The project was scheduled to commence on September 30, 2014 with and expected implementation period of 24 months. Construction actually began in 2016. On October 9, 2019, the handover ceremony for the MFA building was held.

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