Chinese Government provides RMB 72.7 million grant for Container and Vehicle Inspection Project

Project narrative

In March 2016, the Chinese Government and the Government of Mongolia signed letters of exchange, which committed RMB 72,780,000 of grant funding for the Container and Vehicle Inspection Project. The grant proceeds were drawn from an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) that the two governments signed on November 10, 2015. The purpose of the project was to acquire and install mobile x-ray equipment for container inspection and vehicle inspection at the port of Zamiin-Uud within Dornogovi aimag, the port of Altanbulag port within Selenge aimag, and a customs office in Ulaanbaatar. Nuctech Company, Ltd was the contractor responsible for implementation. The project was officially completed and handed over to the local authorities on October 9, 2017.