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Chinese Government provides RMB 40 million interest-free loan for China-Yemen Friendship Hospital Construction Project (Linked to Record ID#65174)

¥40M RMB

Funder	China Ministry of Commerce
Recipient Organization	Government of Yemen
Country	Yemen
Start Date	Jan 01, 2006
End Date	Dec 01, 2029
Duration	8,735 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`65175`

Grant Description

Chinese Government provides RMB 40 million interest-free loan for China-Yemen Friendship Hospital Construction Project On April 6, 2006, the Chinese Government and the Yemeni Government signed an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA), which committed an RMB 40 million interest-free loan (captured in Record ID#65175) for the China-Yemen Friendship Hospital Construction Project.

Then, on December 18, 2009, the Chinese Government and the Yemeni Government signed an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA), which committed an RMB 50 million interest-free loan (captured in Record ID#65174) for the China-Yemen Friendship Hospital Construction Project.

China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) issued both of these loans and they were approved by the Yemeni Cabinet in July 2010 and passed into law by the Yemeni Parliament in August 2010 (Law No. 9 of 2010 and Law No. 10 of 2010).

The proceeds of the loans were used to finance a project implementation contract that was signed with Nantong Sanjian Holdings (Group) Co., Ltd. (or 江苏南通三建集团有限公司 or 南通三建) on March 9, 2010.

The purpose of this project was to construct the 120-bed China-Yemen Friendship Hospital (or 48 Model Hospital) in the capital city of Sana'a. The project commenced on June 17, 2010 and passed a mid-term MOFCOM acceptance on March 20, 2011. The originally expected duration of project implementation was 26 months.

However, during construction, war broke out in Yemen and the project was forced to shut down on May 29, 2011. 106 Chinese contractors (members of the project team) were evacuated on May 31, 2011. Then, on June 1, 2012, MOFCOM approved the resumption of project implementation. The project was completed and handed over to the local authorities on June 19, 2013.

A formal handover certificate was issued on May 20, 2014. An opening ceremony took place on the same day.

📋 Staff Comments

This project is also known as the 48 Model Hospital Construction Project, the Hospital 48 Construction Project, and the Sino-Yemeni Friendship Hospital Project. The Chinese project title is 也门援建的也中友谊医院 or 的也中友好医院项目. The Arabic project title is مشروع مستشفى 48 or مستشفى 48 النموذجي or مستشفى 48 الطبي or مستشفى الصداقة اليمني الصيني or مبنى مستشفى الصداقة اليمني الصيني.
Some sources put the total cost of the project at RMB 64 million. Others put it at RMB 66.3892 million. Still others estimate that the total cost of the project was between $12 million and $15 million. AidData considers the total funding commitment to be RMB 90 million, as captured by the two interest-free loans (worth RMB 50 million and RMB 40 million) that supported this project.
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

Yemen approves loan agreements
Parliament approves draft law on investment, loan agreements
对外投资合作国别（地区）指南也门（2018年版）
对外投资合作国别（地区）指南也门（2017年版）
驻也门大使常华在也中友谊医院项目交接仪式上的致辞
中国驻也门使馆临时代办陈坚出席也中友谊医院项目奠基仪式
对外投资合作国别(地区)指南也门 (2020年版) 商务部国际贸易经济合作研究院中国驻也门大使馆经济商务处商务部对外投资和经济合作司
南通三建
南通三建海外公司负责人表示只要战乱停止<BR/>三建随时赴也复工南通日报多媒体数字报刊平台
也中友谊医院正式开业_江苏频道_凤凰网
也门总统哈迪为也中友谊医院揭牌
Yemeni Friendship Hospital Chinese
驻也门大使常华在也中友谊医院项目交接仪式上的致辞
风雨见真情援建誉也门——援也门也中友谊医院建成移交
中国援建也门也中友谊医院项目交接, يمرس / مجلس الوزراء يقر مشروع اللائحة التنفيذية لقانون الكهرباء, العلاقات اليمنية الصينية.. 60 عاما من النجاح والشراكة المتميزة, مجلس الوزراء يقر مشروع اللائحة التنفيذية لقانون الكهرباء - سبأنت - وكالة سبأ, - الوزراء يقراللائحة التنفيذية لقانون الكهرباء, موقع محافظة حضرموت - قوانين بالموافقة على اتفاقيات قروض لتمويل عدد من المشاريع الخدمية والتنموية, - دعم صيني لليمن بـ(280) مليون يوان, قوانين بالموافقة على اتفاقيات قروض لتمويل عدد من المشاريع الخدمية والتنموية - سبأنت - وكالة سبأ, يمرس / 8 ملايين دولار من الصين لإنشاء مستشفى «48» النموذجي في صنعاء, يمرس / الصين تقدم 8 ملايين دولار لإنشاء مستشفى نموذجي بصنعاء
铁军女帅——记南通三建集团股份有限公司海外板块董事、副总裁、海外公司总经理, كلمة سعادة السفير تشانغ هوا في حفل افتتاح مستشفى الصداقة اليمنية 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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