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Project narrative
On December 21, 2004, the Ministry of Commerce of the Chinese government awarded the Cambodian road maintenance equipment project, known as 挖掘机和公路养护设备项目 in Chinese, to China National Machinery Import & Export Group Co., Ltd. (CMC). The bidding began on December 4, 2004, and CMC won out of a total of 8 companies. Xuzhou Xuwa Engineering Construction Corporation produced the 20 excavators for China National Machinery Import & Export (Group) Co. ("【徐挖】徐挖出口柬埔寨20台挖掘机举行发车仪式").
Staff comments
The donation of these 20 excavators to Cambodia are likely part of the series of assistance provided by the Chinese government to the Cambodian King's Task Force, also called King's Working Group or Krom 'Samdech Euv' (literally meaning the Father King), with the purpose of rural development and poverty eradication.