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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 center 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 2007 commitment value of $8,535,963.37 from the Chinese Embassy for supplemental funding to support Phases II and III of the Rain-fed Crop Demonstration Center Project [French project name: La coopération sous le projet de vulgarisation des cultures pluviales à Kinshasa/ à N'sele (2è et 3ème phase)]. The final amount disbursed was $8,535,437.98. Separate financial commitments for Phases II and III are captured in the linked records #58964 and #58965. There are five known technical cooperation phases for 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) The additional financing for the 2nd and 3rd technical cooperation phase is recorded in this project, and a project to bring water and electricity and level the land of the site worth $364,701 is recorded in Record ID#58969.