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Overview

Yunnan Provincial Government funds culture and sports facility project in Ouidah, Benin.

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•BeninDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•BeninSector•Other Social Infrastructure And ServicesFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2018
Start (actual)
Oct 29, 2018
End (actual)
Jan 18, 2019

Geospatial footprint

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This project was to fund a culture and sports facility project in Ouidah, Benin. Ouidah (or Whydah) is a commune in the Atlantique Department on the south coast of Benin. More detailed locational information about Ouidah can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/313015821#map=12/6.3715/2.0871.

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

  • Yunnan Provincial People’s Government

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Benin

Implementing agencies

State-owned companies

  • Yunnan Construction and Investment Holding (YCIH)

Loan description

Yunnan Provincial Government funds culture and sports facility project in Ouidah, Benin.

Narrative

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Project narrative

On December 13, 2018, during the Yunnan-Beijing Economic and Trade Cooperation Promotion Forum, the vice president of China Yunnan Construction Investment and the mayor of Ouidah signed the donation agreement for the Yunnan Provincial Government to assist the cultural and sports facilities. The project, undertaken by Yunnan Construction Investment, was launched on October 29th, 2018, at the project site in Ouidah, Benin. The precise financing details of the donation are not clear. Construction of the project lasted from October of 2018 until the handover ceremony on January 18, 2019. The project is said to have enriched the leisure life of local people and greatly improved Ouidah.

Staff comments

The Chinese project title is 援贝宁维达市文化体育设施项目