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Chinese Government provides RMB 250 million grant for Ministerial Complex Construction Project (Linked to Record ID#30738, #30619, #56011)

¥250M RMB

Funder	China Ministry of Commerce
Recipient Organization	Government of Liberia
Country	Liberia
Start Date	Sep 11, 2012
End Date	Dec 19, 2033
Duration	7,769 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`18648`

Grant Description

On September 11, 2012, the Chinese Government and the Liberian Government signed an exchange of letters, which committed RMB 250 million ($60 million) of grant funding for the Liberian Ministerial Complex Construction Project over a 3-year period (beginning in mid-2012).

The grant proceeds were to be drawn from two Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreements (ECTAs) that the parties had previously signed in 2012 (captured via Record ID#30619) and 2013 (captured via Record ID#30738). The purpose of the project was to construct a new ministerial complex at the new Defense Ministry site in Congo Town.

The exact locational coordinates of the project site are 6.27055, -10.73433.

The 24,000 square meter complex was designed to include offices, meeting rooms, auditorium, multi-purpose halls, archives, canteen, and also auxiliary facilities such as water pump house, power distribution and generator rooms.

Upon completion, the complex was meant to accommodate 1,300 people and house all the government ministries and agencies. Jiangsu Construction Engineering Group Co. was the contractor responsible for project implementation. Pre-design approvals were signed by both the Chinese and Liberian Governments on December 4, 2015.

Construction began on October 25, 2016. However, a formal groundbreaking ceremony did not take place until April 28, 2017. Construction ended on April 29, 2019. The project was officially handed over to the local authorities on July 25, 2019.

📋 Staff Comments

This project was not marked as an umbrella because the two ETCA projects from which it was funded were marked as umbrellas containing other unspecified sub-projects.
The Chinese project title is 援利比里亚政府办公楼项目 or 利比里亚政府办公楼项目.

📚 Sources & References

Liberia: China to Build Ministerial Complex
Defense Minstry to Perish for Ministerial Complex
China To Build Ministerial Complex
Construction of the Ministerial Complex
Ministerial Complex To Be Built On Peace Island
U.S.$60 Million Ministerial Complex Project
President Sirleaf breaks grounds for ministerial complex construction
List of Grant-Loan Projections and DIsbursements from the Chinese Government
我援利比里亚医疗队为援利政府办公楼项目中利双方员工义诊
我驻利比里亚使馆全体馆员参观援利政府办公楼项目
利比里亚总统维阿视察中国援建政府办公楼优贷航站楼项目
曾花城副局长会见利比里亚工程部副部长一行并出席两个援利成套项目初步设计外审签字仪式
Groundbreaking ceremony for China-assisted building projects held in Liberia, ‘Ministerial Complex Signifies Special Relations with P.R. China’
Liberia dedicates US $53m ministerial complex
援利比里亚政府办公楼项目政府间移交证书在京签署
Chinese-built projects become landmarks in Liberia cities
President of Republic of Liberia Participated in the Turning-over Ceremony of the Chinese-aided Camp Tubman Military Barracks
Liberia: China to Begin Construction of Two Overhead Bridges
利比里亚总统出席援利政府办公楼开工仪式
Chinese Ambassador Zhang Yue Attended Ground Breaking Ceremony for the construction of China-Aided Ministerial Complex and Capitol Building Annexes
Groundbreaking ceremony for China-assisted building projects held in Liberia
Liberia
China Sign US$15 Million Economic & Technical Cooperation Agreement
援利比里亚政府办公楼项目政府间移交证书在京签署 (The intergovernmental transfer certificate of the aid to Liberia government office building project was signed in Beijing)
援利比里亚政府办公楼项目获得中国建设工程鲁班奖（境外工程）[The aided Liberia government office building project won the China Construction Engineering Luban Award (overseas project)]
中国援利比里亚议会大厦项目举行交接仪式
江苏省建筑工程集团有限公司 Loan applications and disbursements are still being received and processed as the projects continue to evolve. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation are in place to ensure project continuity.