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MOFCOM provides $8.32 million grant for Ramallah Ring Road Project
| Funder | China Ministry of Commerce |
|---|---|
| Recipient Organization | Government of Palestine |
| Country | West Bank and Gaza Strip |
| Start Date | Jan 01, 2017 |
| End Date | May 04, 2032 |
| Duration | 5,602 days |
| Number of Grantees | 1 |
| Roles | Recipient |
| Data Source | AidData Chinese Aid |
| Grant ID | 65004 |
Grant Description
In April 2017, the Chinese Government and Ramallah Municipality, represented by its Director General, Ahmed Abu Laban, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding an $8.32 million grant for the Ramallah Ring Road Project. China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) is the source of funding.
The Mayor of Ramallah, Musa Hadid, and the Chinese Ambassador to the State of Palestine, Chen Xingzhong, signed the MOU at the headquarters of the Ramallah Municipal House.
Under the terms of the MOU, the Chinese Government agreed to allocate $7.7 million for the physical construction of the road.
The purpose of the project is to construct 9 municipal roads (measuring 8.271 km in length) that will connect the Al-Jadwal neighborhood (district/zone) to several of the main roads in Ramallah City.
A project implementation agreement was signed on November 26, 2018 and the project officially broke ground on December 20, 2018.
The originally expected duration of project implementation was 14 months and project completion was expected to occur in February 2020.
As of December 20, 2018 (the date of the groundbreaking ceremony), the Israeli authorities had still not granted the Palestinian side permission to build this road since it was partially located in places classified as ‘Area C’, which was under full Israeli control (under the terms of the Oslo Accord signed between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel in 1993).
The project was ultimately completed by 2023, but its precise completion date is unknown.
Also, a Chinese firm (Third Railway Survey and Design Institute Group Co., Ltd.) is supporting this project, but the exact nature of its involvement is unknown.
Staff Comments
- The Chinese project title is 拉姆安拉市政连接道路项目 or 中国政府援助巴勒斯坦拉姆安拉市连接道路项目 or 巴勒斯坦拉姆安拉市连接道路项目.
- This project is also known as the China-aided Ramallah Connecting Roads in Palestine Project.
- Ramallah City is 19 square km in area and home to a population of almost 70,000. It is considered the political and economic hub of the Palestinian Authority and economy.
- Evidence of project completion can be found at http://ps.china-office.gov.cn/eng/zxxx/202301/t20230121_11013847.htm
Sources & References
- China
- Palestine signs implementation minutes of Ramallah road project
- Groundbreaking Ceremony for Chinese Government Assistance to Ramallah City
- Palestine
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- Ramallah city launches China-funded ring road project
- Ramallah municipality is launching a ring road project, funded by China
- Ramallah commences ring road project
- Groundbreaking Ceremony for Ramadan Road Link Project in Palestine
- China to help build ring road in Ramallah of Palestine
- Ramallah Municipality launches Chinese-funded road project to ease traffic problem
- Work on new connecting road in Ramallah launched, بقيمة 8 ملايين و326.800 الف دولار بلدية رام الله توقع اتفاقية منحة صينية لمشروع الشوارع الرابطة برام الله
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- 中国援助拉姆安拉市连接道路工程自建模式谅解备忘录签字仪式举行
- Ramallah municipality is launching a ring road project, funded by China
- 中国驻巴勒斯坦办事处主任表示：中巴友谊在共同抗疫中升华
- Ramallah city launches China-funded ring road project
- Guo Wei
- Head of Office of the People’s Republic of China to the State of Palestine
- Publishes a Signed Article “China will Not Cease Its Support for the Just Cause of the Palestinian People”
- Procurement of: Implementation of China-aided Ramallah Connecting Roads in Palestine, مناقصة شق وتعبيد مقطع من الطريق الدائري/منحة الحكومة الصينية 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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