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Chinese Government provides RMB 80 million grant for reconstruction after war

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$18,830,183
Commitment Year•2006Country of Activity•AfghanistanDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•AfghanistanSector•Reconstruction Relief And RehabilitationFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Sep 15, 2006

Geospatial footprint

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The project was to donate RMB 80 million to the Government of Afghanistan. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/42979775#map=18/34.52080/69.17941&layers=N

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 Afghanistan

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provides RMB 80 million grant for reconstruction after war

Narrative

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Project narrative

On January 31, 2006, at the London Conference on Afghanistan, Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing announced that the Chinese Goernment would provide RMB 80 million of grant assistance to the Government of Afghanistan. The pledge was reaffirmed in a 'Joint Statement Between The People's Republic of China And The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan' on June 20, 2006 and again on September 15, 2006 Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the fifth prime ministers' meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). In a report by published by MOFCOM's Economic and Commercial Counsellor's Office in Afghanistan, MOFCOM reported that the grant was provided to the Government of Afghanistan in 2006. The proceeds of the grant were to be used for the implementation of different projects to aid the reconstruction of the country. An official source (The News of the Communist Party of China) confirmed that the project reached completion.

Staff comments

This project is reactivated. This is not a duplicate for #38972. From the source detected, China actually provided 80 million Yuan to Afghanistan in 2006 (#34526) and another 80 million Yuan in 2007 (#38972), and another one in 2008.