Skip to content
AidData logo

Overview

Chinese Government provides $10 million grant for ECU 911 Project

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$10,907,216
Commitment Year•2016Country of Activity•EcuadorDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•EcuadorSector•Government And Civil SocietyFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2016
Start (actual)
Oct 7, 2016
End (actual)
Nov 18, 2016

Geospatial footprint

Map overview

Visualizes the AidData-provided feature geometry for this project.

Loading map…

More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.google.com/maps/place/ECU+911+Quito/@-0.2196288,-78.500591,975m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m9!1m2!2m1!1sECU+911,+Quito!3m5!1s0x0:0x26a34504baf44e15!8m2!3d-0.2197746!4d-78.4990873!15sCg5FQ1UgOTExLCBRdWl0byIDiAEBkgEbZGVwYXJ0bWVudF9vZl9wdWJsaWNfc2FmZXR5 and https://www.google.com/maps/place/ECU+911+Quito/@-0.2199607,-78.4988104,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipN_vTA4-uxX0O8M2xerK-vBLYuCDQWZO-r6mE6V!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipN_vTA4-uxX0O8M2xerK-vBLYuCDQWZO-r6mE6V%3Dw152-h86-k-no!7i5984!8i3366!4m9!1m2!2m1!1sECU+911,+Quito!3m5!1s0x0:0x26a34504baf44e15!8m2!3d-0.2197746!4d-78.4990873!15sCg5FQ1UgOTExLCBRdWl0byIDiAEBkgEbZGVwYXJ0bWVudF9vZl9wdWJsaWNfc2FmZXR5 and https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/431493439

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • China Ministry of Commerce

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Ecuador

Implementing agencies

State-owned companies

  • China National Electronics Import & Export Corporation (CEIEC)

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provides $10 million grant for ECU 911 Project

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In an interview with Xinhua News, the Deputy Director of Ecuador’s Integrated Security Service ECU 911, Sixto Heras, said that the Chinese Government provided $10 million to the Government of Ecuador in 2016 for the construction of a 'Comprehensive Security Systems Laboratory.' China National Electronics Import & Export Corporation (CEIEC) was the contractor responsible for implementation. The laboratory was reportedly constructed between October 7, 2016 and November 18, 2016. During Xi Jinping's 2016 state visit, he visited the ECU 911 headquarters in Quito on November 18, 2016 to inaugurate the laboratory, which includes video surveillance systems and massive data storage spaces. The surveillance system now has 16 regional response centers across the country, as well as a surveillance network with about 4,300 cameras across 24 provinces. According to Ecuador's National Statistics and Census Institute (INEC), as of January 2018, the crime rate has dropped by 11.8 percent since implementing the ECU 911 Project. According to Wang Fei, manager of CEIEC, 10 Chinese technicians with experience in software and communications work in the ‘joint laboratory’. Their assistance continued until at least 2019.

Staff comments

1. The ECU 911 Project is also known as the Ecuador 911 Safety Emergency Response Command Center Project, the National Public Safety Command and Control System Project, and the ECU 911 Security Project. The Chinese project title is 中厄公共安全联合实验室. The Spanish project title is Dotación de equipamiento para el fortalecimiento del Servicio Integrado de Seguridad ECU 911 or el primer laboratorio de investigación y desarrollo para sistemas de seguridad integral. 2. The flow type is assume to be a grant because the project was reportedly financed via ‘non-refundable Chinese cooperation’ (https://www.ecu911.gob.ec/ecu-911-fortalece-su-contingente-tecnologico-con-apoyo-de-cooperacion-del-gobierno-chino/). The phrase 'China-aided' is also imprinted on the walls of the laboratory.