NATO's Failure in Libya: Lessons for Africa

Appendix 4 - CHINESE BUSINESSES IN LIBYA

176 Africa Institute of South Africa Appendix 4 CHINESE BUSINESSES IN LIBYA There are 13 companies involved in projects in Libya, as below. About 75 Chinese companies operated in Libya before the start of the NATO intervention. There were about 36 000 staff and 50 projects. Many of those firms were engaged in building roads, buildings and infrastructure as outlined above. China’s top three state oil firms, CNPC, Sinopec Group and CNOOC, all had engineering projects in Libya, but no oil production as of the moment of the NATO intervention. Company Name Project Investment Amount China Railway Engineering Corporation Coastal Railway and its extension line (Tripoli–Sirte ), South–North Railway, Western Railway US$4.237 billion China Architecture Engineering Corporation Government Housing Project, about 20 000 houses RMB 17.6 billion (about US$2.7808 billion) China Gezhouba Group Housing Construction, 7 300 houses US$5.54 billion No.15 Metallurgical Construction Group FWAM cement plant and NALOUT cement plant Unknown China National Building Materials Group Corporation Construction and installation of a cement factory producing 4 600 tons of cement everyday US$0.15 billion No.1 Metallurgical Construction Group 5 000 apartments and service facilities in East Melita Dictrict, EPC project, construction project of cement production line in Misurata RMB 5.131 billion (US$0.810698 billion) CNPC Entering Libya in 2002, owning 5 subsidiary companies in Libya before the war unknown SINOHYDRO Corporation 6 projects under construction US$1.788 billion China Communication Construction Company unknown US$4.8 billion CHINA CAMC Engineering Company unknown US$4 billion PetroChina Company Limited unknown US$0.38 billion Zhong Xing Communication Manufacturing Industry unknown US$92,700,000 HUA WEI (Information and Communication solution provider) unknown US$40,000,000 ...