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China provides training for Congolese executives for Special Economic Zones project

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•CongoDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•CongoSector•Trade Policies And RegulationsFlow Type•Scholarships/training in the donor country

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Commitment date: Jan 1, 2018

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This project was to provide training for a group of Congolese executives trained in China as part of the Pointe-Noire SEZ project. The Congolese government plans to install four SEZs in Pointe-Noire, Brazzaville, Oyo-Ollombo, and Ouésso. The city of Point-Noire is located in the Pointe-Noire Department on the southwest coast of the Republic of the Congo. It is a port city and oil industry hub as well as the economic capital of the country. More detailed locational information about Pointe-Noire can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2448258134#map=11/-4.7918/11.8419. Brazzaville is the administrative capital and largest city in the Republic of the Congo. It is located in the Brazzaville Department on the southeast border of the country. More detailed locational information about Brazzaville can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4346376546#map=10/-4.2843/15.2830. Oyo is a town in the Republic of Congo, located in the Cuvette Region, more than 400 km from Brazzaville. Ollombo is a district in the Plateaux Department of Republic of the Congo. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/589528461 Ouésso is a large district in the northern Republic of the Congo, lying on the Sangha River and surrounded by rainforest. It is linked by ferry with Brazzaville. It is in the Sangha Department. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/250884373#map=12/1.6106/16.0514.

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

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Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

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Government Agencies

Government of Republic of Congo

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China provides training for Congolese executives for Special Economic Zones project

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On August 23, 2018, the Minister in charge of Special Economic Zones (SEZ) in Congo had an exchange with a group of Congolese executives trained in China as part of the Pointe-Noire SEZ project. The Congolese government plans to install four SEZs on the national territory, with one in Pointe-Noire, and three others in Brazzaville, Oyo-Ollombo, and Ouésso. The agreement for the Pointe-Noire SEZ specifically was signed on September 5, 2018 during the 2018 FOCAC Beijing Summit (see Record ID#59424). As a part of its development of the Pointe-Noire SEZ, China conducted training for a total of four groups of Congolese executives on the operations of Special Economic Zones, the most recent of which took place in 2018. The training took place in China. The Congolese executives that were trained belonged to public administrations (customs, tax, trade, industry, etc.) that would be affected by the formation of the SEZ. The financial value of the training is unknown.