Chinese Government provides RMB 53.52 million grant for Kratie Agricultural School Construction Project

On September 26, 2015, the Chinese Government issued an RMB 53.52 million grant to the Government of Cambodia for the Kratie Agricultural School Construction Project. The purpose of the project was to construct an agricultural training school (university) in the city of Kratie within Kratie Province with one library, one language lab and IT studies building, a president building, one multipurpose building, one hall, two classroom buildings, two labs, one mechanical building, one canteen, and an electricity and water supply building. Upon completion, the school was expected to be able to accommodate 1280 students. Yanjian Group was the contractor responsible for implementation. A formal groundbreaking ceremony took place on September 26, 2015, and Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Bu Jianguo and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Ji Chun were in attendance. The funder of the project (MOFCOM) conducted a final project inspection on March 14, 2016. The project was then formally completed and handed over to Cambodia’s Education Ministry on April 18, 2017. Then, on April 25, 2018, a school inauguration ceremony was held.

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This project is also known as the Cambodia Kratie Agricultural Technical School Project or the University of Kratié Construction Project. The Chinese project title is 援柬埔寨桔井农业技术学校项目 or 援柬桔井大学项目 or 援柬埔寨桔井农业技术学校项目. The Khmer project title is សាកលវិទ្យាល័យក្រចេះ. Some sources refer to the monetary value of the grant that supported this project as $10 million. This issue merits further investigation.

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