China News Service, December 17 (Gao Zhimiao) As the world's first international organization with its headquarters in Shanghai, the completion ceremony of the New Development Bank headquarters building was held on the 17th in the Shanghai World Expo Park.
"After the completion of our headquarters, we felt that we have a home, this is a permanent headquarters. Our management and staff will be very happy to double their work in the headquarters to serve the member states." Deputy Governor of the New Development Bank Zhu Xian, also chief operating officer, said in an interview with reporters.
Photo by Gao Zhimiao, New Development Bank Headquarters
In order to actively fulfill its responsibilities and obligations as a headquarters city, the Shanghai Municipal Government has invested in the construction of the headquarters building of the New Development Bank and established a special construction headquarters to promote the construction of the headquarters building.
The headquarters building has a total construction area of 126,000 square meters. Since the start of construction in September 2017, it has been successfully completed in three years and is scheduled to be delivered in September 2021.
In the early stage, the headquarters building has successfully passed the China Green Three-Star Building and China Health Three-Star Building certification.
It is understood that the New Development Bank is an intergovernmental international financial organization initiated and established by the "BRIC countries".
Since its opening in July 2015, the New Development Bank has approved projects with a scale of approximately US$25 billion, covering infrastructure, clean energy, transportation, and environmental protection.
Photo by Gao Zhimiao at the completion ceremony of the New Development Bank Headquarters Building
Since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, the New Development Bank has planned to provide up to US$10 billion in crisis-related assistance to member countries. Through the fast-track mechanism, it has approved a total of US$6 billion in emergency loans to China, India, South Africa and Brazil. The funds have been allocated.
Vice Minister of Finance Zou Jiayi, Member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Executive Deputy Mayor Chen Yin, and New Development Bank President Ma Ke attended the completion ceremony.
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