China Communication Construction Company (CCCC) signs a memorandum of understanding with the Central African National Material Board

On Wednesday, September 5, 2018, Liu Qitao, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of China Communications Construction, met with the President of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, during the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. Liu Qitao pledged that the China Communication Construction Company (CCCC) would contribute to the reconstruction of infrastructure in the Central African Republic. Wen Gang, vice president of CCCC, also attended the meeting. On the same day, Chairman and CEO of CCCC, Peng Dapeng and The Director General of the National Material Board (ONM), Mathias Mano, signed a memorandum of understanding at the CCCC Headquarters in Beijing. This contract aims to help open up the Central African Republic through the CCCC’s reconstruction of roads long poorly maintained. The Contract also provides for mutual assistance between the two groups, the sharing of know-how and knowledge as well as the training of ONM staff. Beyond that, the CCCC group pledges to set up an office in Bangui in order to work with the ONM.

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The ONM is also known as "国家装备办公室" in Chinese and "l’Office national de materiél" in French. The CCCC is also known as the " 中国交通建设" in Chinese.

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