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Overview

Chinese Government donates 46 vehicles for use by the military and taxi drivers in STP

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•Sao Tome and PrincipeDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Sao Tome and PrincipeSector•Government And Civil SocietyFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2018
Start (planned)
Aug 1, 2018
Start (actual)
May 31, 2019
End (actual)
May 31, 2019

Geospatial footprint

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The handover ceremony for the vehicles occurred in Sao Tome Port. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4586995148

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

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of São Tomé & Príncipe

Loan desecription

Chinese Government donates 46 vehicles for use by the military and taxi drivers in STP

Narrative

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Project narrative

In August 2018, Gao Jinbao, the Economic and Trade Adviser at the Chinese Embassy in São Tomé and Principe signed a donation agreement with Charles Neto, the Financial Director of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Natural Resources of São Tomé and Príncipe. Under the terms of the agreement, the Chinese Government agreed to donate 46 vehicles for use by the military and taxi drivers in São Tomé and Príncipe. Of the 46 vehicles donated, 40 are six-seater taxis for the taxi drivers of São Tomé and six are for the paramilitary sectors assigned to the Ministry of Defence and Security. The vehicles were delivered on May 31, 2019. According to the Chinese ambassador, these vehicles include 40 minibuses, 4SUVs and 2 pickups, all of the FOTON brand, and are the result of the Chinese government's "technical assistance project" under the framework of cooperation between the two countries. Most of the vehicles are intended for Sao Tome taxi drivers in the form of credits repayable in installments, while the rest will be distributed by some public sectors of the Sao Tome state's central administration. The monetary value of these 46 vehicles is unknown.