Chinese Government donates spare parts for O&M of Chonghwaryok Power Plant and Ponghwa Chemical Factory of North Korea in 2001

📋 Staff Comments

1. The Chinese project title is 年度向朝鲜提供零配件项目 or 提供电厂维修设备，化工厂维修设备. The Chinese name of the Ponghwa chemical factory is 朝鲜烽火化工厂. The Korean name of the Ponghwa chemical factory is 봉화화학공장. Chonghwaryok Power Plant is also known as the Chongchon-gang Thermoelectric Power Plant and the Ch'ŏngch'ŏn River Thermal Power Plant.
2. The Ponghwa Chemical Factory was constructed with RMB 82.45 million of Chinese aid. It was put into operation in September 1978. The factory uses crude oil transported by two pipelines between China and Sinuihi. The refinery turns the oil into refined products for North Korea’s government, military, transport, agricultural and fishing sectors.

📚 Sources & References

• North Korea’s Ponghwa Chemical Factory
• It supplies 90 per cent of oil to North Korea ... so why is China’s pipeline excluded from UN sanctions?
• The Mineral Industry of North Korea
• China’s Aid to North Korea — Centered on the China-North Korea Oil Pipeline
• Codebook for Assembling Data on China’ s Development Finance Version 1.0
• China Data 032010
• 美国情报机构眼中的朝鲜矿业, 1980年9月11日人民日报 第6版
• Bartke 1989 The Economic Aid of the PR China to Developing and Socialist Countries 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.