MOFCOM provides EGP 80 million grant for Phase 1 of Egyptian Police Vehicles Project (Linked to Record ID#30705)

Project narrative

On September 28, 2011, the Chinese Ambassador to Egypt and the Egyptian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation signed an exchange of letters, which committed EGP 80 million of grant funding for Phase 1 of the Egyptian Police Vehicles Project. This project involved the supply of 400 four wheel drive vehicles from Chery Automobile Co., Ltd., 150 cars of an unspecified make and model, and 150 mini buses from Brilliance Auto to Egypt’s Ministry of Interior. The ultimate purpose of the project was to restore a set of vehicles to the Egyptian police force following the significant property damage that took place after the January 25th Revolution. This project officially commenced on September 28, 2011. Then, a supply contract was issued on December 15, 2011. An official equipment transfer certificate was issued on April 29, 2012. The equipment handover ceremony on the same day was attended by General Magdy El-Gohary, Head of Police Supplies at the Ministry of Interior of Egypt, and Chinese Commercial Counselor to Egypt, Ma Jianchun. Then, on August 29, 2012, China’s Ministry of Commerce extended a second grant for the provision of 300 police vehicles to the Egyptian Ministry of Interior, raising the total amount of donated vehicles to 1,000.