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On August 4, 2006, the Chinese ambassador to DRC, Fan Zhenshui, went to N'sele to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Rain-fed Crop Demonstration Centre (also referred to as Upland Crops) (French project name: Projet de Vulgarisation Des Cultures Pluviales à Kinshasa/N'sele). The construction of basic infrastructure at the demonstration centre was completed in November 2007. Then, in 2008, the project transitioned to a technical cooperation arrangement. The first phase of the technical cooperation was carried out from August 2009 to August 2010 by Shandong International Economic and Technological Cooperation Company. The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Aid Management Platform (AMP) records a 2006 commitment value of $3,420,254.94 from the Chinese Embassy for a project titled "Design of the Rain-fed Crop Demonstration Centre (1st Phase)" (French project name: Conception du projet de vulgarisation des cultures pluviales à Kinshasa/N'sele(1ére phase). The final value disbursed was $3,530,135.40. It is assumed that this is referring to the Phase I of the Rain-fed Crop Demonstration Center Project. This phase of the project is completed. There are five known technical cooperation phases of the Rain-fed Crop Demonstration Center Project: Phase I: $3,420,254 (recorded in Record ID#58963) Phase II: $1,485,974 (recorded in Record ID#58964) Phase III: $673,453 (recorded in Record ID#58965) Phase IV: $353,039 (recorded in Record ID#58966) Phase V: $1,140,985 (recorded in Record ID#58967) There is also additional financing for the 2nd and 3rd technical cooperation phase: Phases II & III: $8,535,963 (recorded in Record ID#58968); and a project to bring water and electricity and level the land of the site: $364,701 (recorded in Record ID#58969).