Overview

Dongguan City funds construction of two sidewalks in Nuku’alofa, Tonga

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$5,882,651

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•TongaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•TongaSector•Transport And StorageFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jul 25, 2018

Start (actual): Jul 25, 2018

End (actual): Nov 27, 2020

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

Guangdong Provincial Government
People's Government of Dongguan City, Guangdong Province

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of the Kingdom of Tonga

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Chinese Embassy

Loan description

Dongguan City funds construction of two sidewalks in Nuku’alofa, Tonga

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On July 25, 2018, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the "China (Dongguan of Guangdong Province)-aided Tonga's Capital Sidewalk" [sic] project. The ceremony was attended by HRH Prince Atta of Tonga, and Chinese ambassador Wang Baodong. The purpose of the project was to build two sidewalks in Tonga's capital city, Nuku’alofa. The construction of the sidewalks was funded by Dongguan City, in Guangdong province, which has been undertaking a number of projects in Tonga. The project was valued at 13 million pa’anga. The project was completed and handed over by Chinese ambassador Cao Xiaolin, to Tongan Minister of Infrastructure, Akosita Havili Lavulavu, on November 27th, 2020.

Staff comments

The project is also known as the "Nuku’alofa Sidewalk Project" or the "广东省援助汤加人行步道项目".