Chinese Government provides RMB 72 million grant for The Colón-C2 Emergency and Security Operations Center Project

Project narrative

On July 16, 2018, the Chinese Government and the Government of Panama signed an exchange of notes, which committed RMB 72 million of grant funding for the Colón-C2 Emergency and Security Operations Center Project. The purpose of the project was to install and equip an emergency and security operations center (known as ‘C2’) in the city of Colón. More specifically, the project involved the installation of 291 video surveillance towers and high-resolution cameras in 92 locations across the city of Colón. It also involved the installation of 11 panic buttons and five highway arches with license plate readers. All of these field sensors were to be connected by a data transport network. The project sought to replicate the “safe city” model of Shenzhen. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. was the contractor responsible for project implementation. The emergency and security operations center (known as ‘C2’) was officially launched on November 22, 2018.