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Overview

China donates 130 passenger coaches to Myanmar

Commitment Year•2006Country of Activity•MyanmarSector•Transport And StorageFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2006

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

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Myanmar (Burma)

Loan description

China donates 130 passenger coaches to Myanmar

Narrative

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Project narrative

On February 14-18 2006, Prime Minister of Myanmar Soe Win visited China and signed eight documents in total, one of which was a donation of an unknown number of passenger trains from the Chinese Ministry of Railways to Myanmar Railways. According to a later source, the donation may have comprised of 130 passenger coaches.