Chinese Government agrees to donate 400 million RMB for the construction of the new National Assembly Building in Cameroon (linked to #53477)

On December 1 2017, Secretary General of Cameroon, Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, and China's Vice Minister of Commerce, Yu Jianhua, discussed the construction of the new National Assembly building for Cameroon. The Chinese Government pledged to donate to Cameroon RMB 400 million (34 billion FCFA) for the construction. The building will cover an area of 37,500 square meters and will be located in the capital of Yaoundé. A groundbreaking ceremony was held December 12, 2019. This building construction is implemented by Beijing Urban Construction Group Co., Ltd. China's Ministry of Commerce had previously provided an RMB 99 million grant via ETCA for this project's feasibility studies (see linked ProjectID#53477).

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On November 16, 2017, Cameroon’s National Assembly experienced after a severe fire incident that left five of its seven floors completely destroyed; China’s Ambassador to Cameroon visited the site of incident the very next day. The Chinese Project title is "援喀国民议会大楼项目"

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