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Overview

China grants Sudan funding for construction of bridges in Darfur (linked to ID #2470)

Commitment Year•2011Country of Activity•SudanSector•Transport And StorageFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Pipeline: Commitment

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jun 29, 2011

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

Loan description

China grants Sudan funding for construction of bridges in Darfur (linked to ID #2470)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On June 29, 2011, in Beijing, President Umar al-Bashir and his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao witnessed the signing of an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) between the Chinese Deputy Minister of Commerce and the Sudanese Minister of Finance and National Economy, Ali Mahmud. The ETCA provides a grant for the eastern Sudan (Darfur region) development fund and construction of bridges on River Atbara. The total value of the donation is 154 million RMB, which was provided to Sudan through a combination of interest-free loans and grants. The breakdown of the funding is unknown. The aid will go toward reconstruction in eastern Sudan and economic and technical cooperation projects. The transaction amount has been left in this project. See ID #2470 for the transaction amount and the interest-free loan project. The current status and start and end dates are unknown.

Staff comments

There is some discrepancy between the amount of funding. According to the Factiva source, the total amount of funding was 132 million RMB. Both the Arab News and official Chinese government sources report 154 million RMB.