Chinese Government provides RMB 87.1 million grant for Central Laboratory of the Mongolian State Administration of Technical Supervision Construction Project

Project narrative

In 2008, the Chinese Government and the Government of Mongolia signed an exchange of letters, which committed RMB 87.1 million of grant funding for the Central Laboratory of the Mongolian State Administration of Technical Supervision Construction Project. The purpose of the project was to construct a six-story laboratory — called the Mongolian National Technical Supervision Administration Center Laboratory or the Central Laboratory of the General Agency for Specialized Inspection (GASI) — for the testing of food and drugs using international standards. The new Central Laboratory building is located on a government-owned land plot of 0.12 hectares within the territory of II Khoroo, Khan-Uul district, on Chinggis Street in Ulaanbaatar. This site was selected because it is located near industrial enterprises, and the services of the new laboratory will be close to many of its customers. There are few residences in this area also so the laboratory was also located to avoid any impacts to residential population. The Central Laboratory was designed to be connected to municipal water supply, wastewater collection, stormwater collection, central heating and central electrical systems of Ulaanbaatar. Hunan Construction Engineering Group (“Хунан констракшн инженеринг” групп) was the contractor responsible for the implementation of the project. The project commenced on June 18, 2010 and ended on December 15, 2012. A project handover certificate was issued on January 30, 2013, and an opening ceremony for the laboratory was held on March 1, 2013. The project was originally expected to reach completion in October 2011.