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Chinese Government provides RMB 25.3 million grant for State Library and Archives Building Construction Project (Linked to ETCA #936)

¥25.3M RMB

Funder	China Ministry of Commerce
Recipient Organization	Government of Lesotho
Country	Lesotho
Start Date	Jan 01, 2003
End Date	Jun 19, 2026
Duration	8,570 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`930`

Grant Description

On July 17, 2002 and August 16, 2002, the Chinese Government and the Government of Lesotho signed an exchange of letters regarding the State Library and Archives Building Construction Project. China’s Ministry of Commerce reportedly committed RMB 25,300,000 of funding for this project.

These funds were drawn in part from an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) that the two governments signed in 2003 (see ETCA in #936).

This project involved the construction of a 5,275 square meter State Library and Archives Building in the capital city of Maseru.

Qingdao Architectural Design and Research Institute was the contractor responsible for project design and Qingdao Construction Group was the contractor responsible for project implementation. A formal groundbreaking ceremony took place on July 2, 2004. However, the project did not commence until July 19, 2004.

It was completed in August 2005 and then officially handed over to the Government of Lesotho on November 22, 2005. An opening ceremony took place on April 28, 2006.

📋 Staff Comments

This project is also known as the Lesotho State Library and Archives Building Project. The Chinese project title is 图书馆兼档案馆 or 承建的中国援莱索托国家图书馆和档案馆 or 的中国援莱索托国家图书馆和档案馆 or 莱索托国家图书馆兼档案馆. One source identifies this project as funding by a loan rather than a grant. However, most sources claim that this project was grant-funded. This issue merit further investigation.Location details:The State Library and Archives Building is located in the capital city of Maseru. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1312145608

📚 Sources & References

http://www.gov.ls/articles/2002/Chines%25252520Ambassador%25252520Weather%25252520Equip.htm
SUMMARY OF EVENTS IN LESOTHO Volume 12
Number 2, (Second Quarter 2005)
莱索托首相参观中国援莱国家图书馆兼档案馆
Government Bid Farewell to Chinese Ambassador.
Construction of New National Library to start in July
PESA editorial
LESOTHO: CHINA'S INFLUENCE IN AFRICA
莱首相为我援建的国家图书馆兼档案馆奠基
莱索托国家图书馆兼档案馆效果图
莱首相与仇大使为我援莱索托国家图书馆兼档案馆奠基
China Data
我援莱索托国家图书馆兼档案馆正式启用
莱首相为我援建的国家图书馆兼档案馆奠基
Review on China-Lesotho International Cooperation Platforms in the Background of Belt and Road Initiative
莱索托首相参观中国援莱国家图书馆兼档案馆
对外经济合作, http://www.trc.org.ls/events/events20.052.htm#New%25252520National%25252520Library%25252520and%25252520Archives%25252520to%25252520Open%25252520in%25252520September, http://www.focac.org/chn/zfjmhz/t208961.htm
Government bids farewell to China Ambassador
Lesotho 2011
Codebook for Assembling Data on China’ s Development Finance 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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