Chinese Government provides CFA 328 million grant for Chinese Medical Team Housing Construction Project

In 2011, China’s Ministry of Commerce provided a grant to the Government of Guinea-Bissau for the Chinese Medical Team Housing Construction Project. According to email correspondence between AidData’s Executive Director and the Director General of the Office of the Secretary of State for Planning and Regional Integration in Guinea-Bissau, the monetary value of this grant commitment was CFA 328,276,800. The purpose of this project was to build housing for Chinese medical teams stationed at the China-Guinea-Bissau Friendship Hospital (Hospital de Amizade Sino-Guineense) in the Brá neighborhood within the city of Bissau. It involved the construction housing units with kitchens, bathrooms, and central air conditioning. Table tennis, volleyball, and badminton courts were also built for team recreation. The project also involved the construction of water tower and a 90kW generator to provide utilities. Jiangsu Jangdu Construction Co., Ltd. was the contractor responsible for implementation. Construction began on June 26, 2011 and the project was completed on March 28, 2012.

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The Chinese project title is 几比医疗队和专家住房项目. The Portuguese project title is is Construção Habitação do Equipa Tecnica. The Chinese government provided a $14.5 million grant for the construction of the China-Guinea-Bissau Friendship Hospital (Hospital de Amizade Sino-Guineense), which is captured in Project ID#745. On August 20, 2010, the hospital was officially completed and handed over to the Government of Guinea-Bissau.

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