Chinese Government provides $6.8 million grant for Presidential Palace Construction Project (Linked to Project ID#64397)

On January 29, 2007, China’s Ministry of Commerce and the Government of Timor-Leste signed a grant agreement worth $4,063,306.31 for the Presidential Palace Construction Project. The purpose of the project was to build a 3800 square meter office building for the Presidency that is located in the capital city of Dili (exact locational coordinates: -8.55539, 125.56307). Shandong International Economic and Technical Cooperation Corporation and the Yanjian Group were the contractors responsible for implementation. A formal groundbreaking ceremony place on July 2, 2007. However, project implementation did not commence until December 2, 2007. A formal project handover ceremony took place on August 18, 2009. Then, on August 27, 2009, the presidential palace was officially inaugurated. According to the Government of Timor-Leste’s Aid Transparency Portal (ATP), the Chinese Government ultimately disbursed $6,880,096.03 of grant funding for the project. The ATP Project Identification Number is 87292191423.

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This project is also known as the President’s office (Geological survey, construction and maintenance) Project. The Chinese project title is 建的东帝汶总统府大楼工 or 建东帝汶总统府项目. One source refers to the monetary value of the grant that supported this project as RMB 35 million. However, AidData relies on the value reported by Government of Timor-Leste through its ATP.

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