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Chinese Government provides RMB 88.26 million interest-free loan for Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Office Complex Construction Project

¥88.26M RMB

Funder	China Ministry of Commerce
Recipient Organization	Government of Ghana
Country	Ghana
Start Date	Mar 01, 2011
End Date	Jul 27, 2026
Duration	5,627 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`30118`

Grant Description

Chinese Government provides RMB 88.26 million interest-free loan for Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Office Complex Construction Project In March 2011, the Chinese Government provided an RMB 88,260,000 interest-free loan for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Office Complex Construction Project.

The project involved the construction of an office complex in Accra with two, six-story buildings, 141 offices, a 300-person capacity conference room, mini-conference room, a library, a canteen, security rooms, a diesel generator room, an outdoor fire pool and switch room, drainage systems, a fire alarm system, a public address system, a door access system, a satellite TV system, video and audio systems for conference rooms, and a DY660C(600KV) diesel generator.

China Friendship Development International Engineering Design & Consultation Limited Liability Company (FDDC) was responsible for project design, and Yanjian Group was the contractor responsible for implementation. Construction began on August 30, 2011 and a formal groundbreaking ceremony took place on September 2, 2011.

Construction ended in February 2013 and the project was officially completed and handed over to the Ghanaian authorities on March 18, 2013.

This project was funded and implemented after Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration’s previous office building was destroyed by a fire in 2009.

📋 Staff Comments

The Chinese project title is 外交部办公大楼项目 or 援加纳外交部办公楼项目 or 加纳外交部办公楼.
According to the 2012 Budget of the Government of Ghana, this project was financed through a grant, not an interest-free loan from the Chinese Government; however, the majority of official and unofficial sources contradict the 2012 Budget of the Government of Ghana.
The loan that apparently supported this project is not recorded in the SAIS-CARI database of Chinese loan commitments that was released in 2020 and re-released in 2021.
Since the borrowing terms of the interest-free loan are unavailable, AidData has set the maturity to 20-years by default and grace period to 10-years by default, per China's Foreign Assistance White Paper (http://www.cidca.gov.cn/2018-08/06/c_129925064_3.htm) which states that the maturity of interest-free loans is 20-years, with a drawdown period of 5-years, grace period of 5-years, and repayment over 10-years. AidData treats the drawdown period as providing 5-years of additional grace.

📚 Sources & References

http://www.mofep.gov.gh/sites/default/files/budget/2012_budget.pdf
China Hands Over New Foreign Affairs Office To Government of Ghana
Remarks at the Commencement Ceremony of the Construction of New Office Building of Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Regional Integration of Ghana
BUDGET STATEMENT AND ECONOMIC POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF GHANA FOR THE 2012 FINANCIAL YEAR
中加经济贸易合作简介
China hands over new Foreign Ministry building
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