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Chinese Government provides $10.8 million interest-free loan for Prince Hussein Bin Abdullah II Hospital Construction Project

¥10.8M RMB

Funder	China Ministry of Commerce
Recipient Organization	Government of Jordan
Country	Jordan
Start Date	Jan 01, 2008
End Date	Jan 29, 2029
Duration	7,699 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`40983`

Grant Description

Chinese Government provides $10.8 million interest-free loan for Prince Hussein Bin Abdullah II Hospital Construction Project In 2008, the Chinese Government and the Government of Jordan signed a $10,800,000 interest-free loan agreement for the Prince Hussein Bin Abdullah II Hospital Construction Project.

The loan proceeds were apparently drawn from two Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) that the two governments signed on December 6, 1999 (worth RMB 50 million) and December 15, 2003 (worth RMB 30 million).

The project involved the construction of a 100-bed hospital (Prince Hussein Bin Abdullah II Hospital) in the district of Ein Al Basha and the Governorate of Balqa (Balqā).

The ultimate purpose of the project was to provide upgraded health facilities to the Governorate of Balqa where as many as 300,000 people (including 180,000 Palestinian refugees) could benefit from the hospital's services. Prior to the hospital's construction, there was no major medical facility within Governorate of Balqa.

The hospital's location was designed to travel times for emergency patients. China Chongqing International Construction Corporation (CICO) was the contractor responsible for implementation. A project design contract was issued on December 18, 2003. Then, on November 29, 2007, a project implementation contract was issued.

On April 23, 2008, project implementation commenced and a commencement ceremony took place at the project site.

On September 14, 2010, the hospital construction project was completed and officially inaugurated by King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan.

📋 Staff Comments

This project is also known as the Balqa Hospital Project and the Baqa’a Hospital Project. The Chinese project title is 巴卡医院项目 or 约旦巴卡医院项目. The Arabic project title is مستشفى الأمير حسين الحكومي.
According to April 2018 correspondence between AidData’s Executive Director and the Public Debt Department of Jordan’s Ministry of Finance, the two interest-free loans that were signed on December 6, 1999 (Ministry of Finance loan identification #EC22013) and December 15, 2003 (Ministry of Finance loan identification #EC22020) fully disbursed. However, it is unclear if the combined value of these two loans were disbursed in support of the Prince Hussein Bin Abdullah II Hospital Construction Project. This issue merits further investigation.
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

我援约巴卡医院项目举行开工启动仪式
我援约巴卡医院项目实施合同在安曼签署
约旦国王视察我援建的巴卡医院
合作简介（2004年4月新版
Planning minister takes part in Belt and Road Forum in China
阿卜杜拉二世国王夫妇出席巴卡医院开业揭牌仪式
Ongoing Projects Financed by China, مستشفى الأمير حسين في البقعة .. ثمرة تعاون صيني أردني متنام, مستشفى الأمير حسين بن عبدالله الثاني
Chongqing International Construction Corporation
Chongqing International Construction Corporation.pdf
援约旦巴卡医院项目实施合同在安曼签署
贺国强在安曼会见约旦首相视察援建的巴卡医院
贺国强会见约旦首相扎哈比_滚动新闻_新浪财经_新浪网
RE- Request for List of Loans from Chinese Government Institutions[1]
King
Queen inaugurate Prince Al Hussein Hospital
Prince Hussein Hospital - Google Maps, مستشفى الامير الحسين بن عبدالله الثاني يحدث نقلة نوعية بالخدمات الصحية في البلقاء, الملك والملكة يفتتحان مستشفى الأمير الحسين بن عبدالله الثاني
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO JORDAN 2008
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE COMMITTED TO JORDAN IN 2009
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE COMMITTED TO JORDAN IN 2010
China Debt Outstanding
March 2018 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.

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