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In August 2010, during the official visit of Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Ruslan Kazakbaev to China, Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng and Foreign Minister Ruslan Kazakbaev signed the letters of exchange, stating that the Government of China would provide 30 million yuan grant to Kyrgyzstan for purchase of agricultural machinery. The sides have also reached consensus concerning necessary acceleration in implementation of such collaborative projects as construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway, opening of the secondary school in Kyrgyzstan with study of Chinese language, reconstruction of the National Hospital. In 2011, 267 Chinese-made tractors procured through this aid were leased out to farmers with the help of Aiyl Bank.