A ceremony was held in Amman Tuesday to celebrate the completion
of Jordan's Ma'an Industrial City project, which was built with
Chinese aid.?
The project, which took more than two years to complete, is the
second largest project undertaken with Chinese assistance,
following the Al Hassan Sports City project in Irbid Province.
Jordanian Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit, who cut the ribbon at
the ceremony, thanked the Chinese government for its help and
called for enhanced cooperation between the two countries in all
fields.
The opening of the Ma'an Industrial City is "an embodiment of
the expanded friendship between Jordan and China," Chinese
ambassador to Jordan Luo Xingwu said at the ceremony.
Under a deal between the two countries, the Ma'an Industrial
City was built by a company from the Chinese Hubei Province and
funded by 70.76 million Chinese yuan (US$8.78 million) of
interest-free loans and donations from China
The project includes water towers, sewage plants, a drainage
system, a power grid and a telecommunication network.
In recent years, the Chinese government has provided Jordan with
more than US$8.6 million in low-interest or interest-free loans and
donations, and has also helped train Jordanian technicians.
(Xinhua News Agency April 5, 2006)
