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China Eximbank provides RMB 350 million government concessional loan for Phase I of BOL-110 Command and Control System for Citizen Security Project (Linked to Record ID#54577)

$350M USD

Funder	Export-Import Bank of China (China Eximbank)
Recipient Organization	Government of Bolivia
Country	Bolivia
Start Date	Dec 09, 2016
End Date	Feb 01, 2033
Duration	5,898 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`54576`

Grant Description

China Eximbank provides RMB 350 million government concessional loan for Phase I of BOL-110 Command and Control System for Citizen Security Project On December 19, 2016, China Eximbank and the Government of Bolivia signed a government concessional loan (GCL) agreement [China Eximbank GCL 2016 (29) 599] for the Command and Control System for Citizen Security Project.

The loan was ratified through the passage of a law on January 27, 2017.

📋 Loan / Grant Terms

📅 Maturity15 years

💹 Interest Rate2%

The lender made disbursements worth $0 in 2016, $47,252,441 in 2017, $0 in 2018, $0 in 2019, an unknown amount in 2020, and $5,490,110 in 2021. The borrower made no principal repayments between 2016 and 2021.

However, the borrower paid interest and/or fees worth $0 in 2016, $408,023 in 2017, $881,932 in 2018, $956,519 in 2019, an unknown amount in 2020, and $1,014,322 in 2021.

Then, the borrower repaid $3,531,265 in 2022 ($2,489,614 in principal and $1,041,651 in interest/fees), and $5,878,271 in 2023 ($4,949,573 in principal and $928,698 in interest/fees).

The loan’s (principal) amount outstanding was $0 as of December 31, 2016, $48,220,436 as of December 31, 2017, $45,780,226 as of December 31, 2018, $45,108,906 as of December 31, 2019, $48,401,223 as of December 31, 2020, $54,902,822 as of December 31, 2021, $47,639,591 as of December 31, 2022, and $41,794,273 as of December 31, 2023.

The first phase of the project involved the construction of a command center in La Paz's Miraflores area, which has 32 consoles to track 620 security cameras in the cities of La Paz and El Alto.

The system was to be expanded to six provincial capitals in the second phase, when all of them would be equipped with control centers.

The system was to be assisted with 120 public servants, three police buses, five drones and new intelligent patrol vehicles.

The Bolivian police department was also to receive 100 digital radios with GPS for patrol cars and 500 radios for police officers. 2,000 public transport vehicles were to be equipped with a GPS system and emergency buttons to help drivers and passengers. China National Electronics Import & Export Corporation was the contractor responsible for the project's first phase.

Phase I commenced on October 31, 2017 and reached completion on August 20, 2019.

📋 Staff Comments

This project is also known as Phase 1 of the BOL-110 Public Security Integrated System Project. The Spanish project title is Proyecto “Implementación del Sistema de Comando y Control Para Seguridad Ciudadana”. The Chinese project title is 城市安全监控系统项目 or 中方援玻城市安全监控系统项目.
This project should not be confused with Project ID#54577, which is the China Eximbank-financed Phase 2 of the BOL-110 Public Security Integrated System Project (also known as Sub-National Integrated Command and Control System for Citizen Security or Sistema Integrado de Comando y Control para Seguridad Ciudadana Sub-Nacional).
This project is potentially linked to Project ID#54984, a donation of 570 video cameras to the Bolivian Police Force. The Chinese name of this project is: 中方援玻城市安全监控系统项目.
The grace period of the loan for the project's first phase is unknown. For the time being, AidData relies on the (5-year) grace period of the loan for the project's second phases (documented in Project ID#54577).

📚 Sources & References

Ley N° 895
Bolivia: Ley Nº 895, 27 de enero de 2017
驻玻利维亚大使吴元山出席中方援玻城市安全监控系统项目开工仪式
Wu Yuanshan
Ambassador of Bolivia, attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the Chinese aid glass city security monitoring system project
China-Latin America Finance Database
Informe de la Deuda Externa Publica al 31 de diciembre de 2016
城市安全指挥控制系统项目（Bol-110）设备顺利移交
驻玻利维亚使馆临时代办李建英同玻副总统加西亚共同出席玻城市安全项目媒体开放日活动
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