Chinese Government provides grant for First Phase of Ramallah City School Project

Project narrative

In November 2018, the Chinese Government agreed to provide a grant to the State of Palestine for the First Phase of the Ramallah City School Project. A project implementation agreement was signed on July 30, 2019 by Guo Wei, Head of the Office of the People’s Republic of China to the State of Palestine, and the Mayor of Ramallah. The purpose of the project was the construction of a secondary school for boys in the Ein El Kurzom-Raddana district within the city of Ramallah (known as the ‘Chinese School’). The school includes administrative units, 15 classrooms, a library, a computer lab, a science lab, a multi-purpose hall, an art room, a playground, a car park, a water well, and green areas. The school is adjacent to Ramallah Recreational Complex (مركز رام الله الترويحي ). Upon completion, the school was expected to be able to accommodate 600 students. The project involved the construction interior and exterior decoration, outdoor auxiliary works for the site, power lighting, water supply, and drainage works, and a total construction area of 2,828 square meters. The project was undertaken according to the adopted the mode of ‘Supervision by China, Construction by Palestine’. However, China Electronics Engineering Design Institute (CEEDI) was involved in the project in some capacity (most likely as a design or supervision firm). Project implementation commenced in June 2020. On September 20, 2020, the first phase of the school project was completed. It was originally expected to reach completion by November 2020. The monetary value of the grant commitment that supported this project is unknown.