Chinese Government provides $32 million grant for Phase 1 of Agricultural Irrigation Reconstruction Project (Linked to Project ID#91822)

On September 11, 2015, the Chinese Government and the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic signed an agreement providing a $32 million grant for the Phase 1 of Agricultural Irrigation Reconstruction Project (captured via Project ID#54380). This grant will be used to renovate irrigation systems in Kyrgyzstan. The contractor for the project is PowerChina Huadong. Implementation of the project began on May 3, 2018, with an opening ceremony at Issyk Lake (the site of Irrigation District #3). Attendees included President Gehnbenkov and Chinese Embassy Business Counsellor Sun He. The Irrigation System Rehabilitation Project has three main components: construction of a 16.4 km new irrigation canal and a 29.9 km extension of an existing irrigation canal in Batken district; construction of a 21.3 irrigation canal in the village of Kara-O within the Issyk-Kul region; and reconstruction of the 19km Ak-Olen canal in the Tonsky District. Power Construction Corporation of China (PowerChina) is the contractor responsible for project implementation. On May 3, 2018, project construction began. The project will reportedly put 5410 hectares of new irrigated lands into operation, increase the supply of water to 22100 hectares of land, and create jobs for 40,000 rural residents. Phase 1 was completed on November 24, 2021. In December 2019, Sinohydro Bureau 16 Co,. Ltd. won a bid to implement the project’s second phase with RMB 113.8 million of grant funding from China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM). This grant commitment is captured via Project ID#91822.

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1. The Chinese project title is 援吉灌溉系统改造工程. Phase II of the Agricultural Irrigation Reconstruction Project was launched in 2019 and implemented by SinoHydro Bureau 16 CO., LTD. The total cost of Phase II is 113.8 million yuan.

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