Overview

Chinese Government provides RMB 5 million grant for the Opium Alternative Planting Project

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,270,844

Commitment Year•2004Country of Activity•MyanmarDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MyanmarSector•Agriculture, Forestry, FishingFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Dec 30, 2004

Start (planned): Dec 30, 2004

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

Myanmar Ministry of National Planning & Economic Development

Loan description

Chinese Government provides RMB 5 million grant for the Opium Alternative Planting Project

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On December 30, 2004, the Chinese Government and the Government of Myanmar signed an exchange of letters, which committed an RMB 5 million grant for the Opium Alternative Planting Project. The purpose of the project was to support drug (opium) substitution planting activities in the Kokang region of northern Myanmar. This project is also known as the Drug Substitution Planting Project. In March 2005, Chinese officials inspected the substitution planting situation.

Staff comments

According to a 2019 report, CDB provided a loan for an opium substitution program in northern Myanmar. However, it is unclear if it is referring to the same project.