Karen Lin
China Tibet Online
April 15, 2015
China signed an agreement with Nepal in, Kathmandu on Apr.10, promising to help Nepal build a frontier station close to Gyirong port in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, Xinhua reported.
According to the Finance Ministry of Nepal, the total area of buildings to be constructed by China is about 6,900 square meters, including a comprehensive inspection station, a dormitory, warehouses, a parking lot, and a floodwall. Other installations and goods will also be provided by China.
Tibet’s Gyirong port, 131 kilometers away from Kathmandu, was confirmed as Class One overland route trading port in 1978.
On Dec. 1st of 2014, once the largest overland trading port between China and Nepal, the Gyirong-Rasuwa bilateral port, reopened and began its official operations. Thanks to China’s experience in base installation, the project has provide enormous help to Nepal, whose infrastructure is generally poorer compared to that of China.
In addition, China and Nepal also signed another agreement, by which China has pledged to help Nepal build an agricultural demonstration center to make a trial research and promotion of China’s hybrid rice, a kind of rice that can produce high yields.
