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CDB lends RMB 418 million for Tsagaandel Uul-Ulzii Border Crossing Project (Linked to Record ID#91882)

¥418M RMB

Funder	China Development Bank (CDB)
Recipient Organization	General Administration of Customs of Mongolia
Country	Mongolia
Start Date	Mar 01, 2019
End Date	Jan 24, 2029
Duration	3,617 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`91881`

Grant Description

CDB lends RMB 418 million for Tsagaandel Uul-Ulzii Border Crossing Project On June 25, 2019, the Port Authority of the Government of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China and the General Administration of Customs of Mongolia signed an RMB 114.6 million grant agreement for the Tsagaandel Uul-Ulzii Border Crossing Project.

China Development Bank (CDB) also issued a series of loans in March 2019 worth RMB 418 million for the project.

The purpose of the project is to construct the infrastructure and customs inspection facilities of the Tsagaandel Uul-Ulzii Border Crossing (Checkpoint).

It also involves the construction of a special purpose road from the end of Tavan Tolgoi-Baruun Naran road to the Tsagaandel Uul-Ulzii port. On March 22, 2021, a project implementation agreement was signed. Project implementation has commenced. However, local residents have organized protests against the project, leading to major implementation delays.

The local population has argued opening the new port provides no benefit to them. In addition they have claimed the government violated the law by not going through parliament to approve the project. Residents have created petitions to stop the opening of the port. The Prime Minister suspended the project temporarily in 2022 in response to the protests.

However the project continued and was ultimately completed on April 23, 2025.

The RMB 114.6 grant from the Port Authority of the Government of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is captured via Record ID#91882. The CDB loans worth RMB 418 million are captured via Record ID#91881.

📋 Staff Comments

This project is also known as the Tsagaandel Uul-Ulzii Border Checkpoint Project, the Tsagaandel Uul-Ulzii Border Port Project, the Uliji Port Project, the Wuliji Port Project, the Uliji-Chagandler Ula Port Project (Chinese transliteration to English), and the Chagand-Ula Port Project (Chinese transliteration to English). The Mongolian project title is Монгол Улсын Цагаандэл Уул боомтын шалган нэвтрүүлэх барилга байгууламж, дэд бүтцийг буцалтгүй тусламжаар бүтээн байгуулах тухай or Монгол, Хятадын хилийн Цагаандэл Уул - Өлзий боомтын бүтээн байгуулалтын тусламжийн төслийг. The Chinese project title is 的乌力吉—查干德勒乌拉口岸.
The borrowers of the loans issued by CDB are unknown. This issue warrants further investigation.

📚 Sources & References

中蒙签署乌力吉-查干德勒乌拉口岸援助建设协议
中蒙签署乌力吉—查干德勒乌拉口岸总投资1.14亿元人民币援助建设协议
中蒙签署乌力吉-查干德勒乌拉口岸援建协议
China-Russia-Mongolia Economic Corridor High-Quality Promotion of Strategic Positioning and Strategies for Central and Inner Mongolia
Mongolian Ambassador to China Badrle and his party visited Uliji Port and Ceke Port, Нутгийн иргэдийн эсэргүүцэлтэй тулсан ЦАГААН ДЭЛ УУЛ боомт, “ЦАГААНДЭЛ УУЛ-ӨЛЗИЙ” БООМТЫН БҮТЭЭН БАЙГУУЛАЛТЫН ГЭРЭЭНД ГАРЫН ҮСЭГ ЗУРЛАА, “ ЦАГ ААНДЭ Л УУ Л - Ө ЛЗИЙ ” БООМТЫН Б Ү Т ЭЭН БАЙГУУ ЛАЛТЫН Г ЭРЭЭНД Г АРЫН Ү СЭГ З УР ЛАА
中蒙两国推动“查干德勒乌拉—乌力吉”口岸开放建设
中蒙签署乌力吉查干德勒乌拉口岸援建协议
内蒙古第10个对蒙口岸——乌力吉口岸临时开放, 《光明日报》：国家开发银行：开发性金融服务经济社会发展再谱新篇
Mongolian land ports to undergo renovation with Chinese aid
国开行：开发性金融服务经济社会发展再谱新篇, “Цагаандэл Уул-Өлзий' боомтыг нээх цаад санаархал юу вэ!
Capacity of Mongolia-China border checkpoints to be improved
ABOUT US: 'Tsagaan del Uul' port, which faced public opposition, was temporarily opened, Өлзий-Цагаан дэл уул боомтын бүтээн байгуулалттай танилцлаа
中蒙乌力吉——查干德勒乌拉口岸迎来2025年临时开放通关, 'Засгийн газар Цагаан дэл уул-Өлзий боомтыг нээх тогтоол гаргаж, хууль зөрчсөн' 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.