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CAMC Engineering Co. Ltd.
EPC contractor for Pokhara Regional International Airport. Built it; the airport is underutilised.
The record
CAMC Engineering, a subsidiary of the Chinese state-owned Sinomach group, was the EPC contractor on Nepal's most prominent Chinese-financed project — Pokhara Regional International Airport, opened January 2023 two years behind schedule. CAMC delivered the asset to specification; the underutilisation issue is a question for Chinese aviation authorities and Nepali bilateral diplomacy rather than the contractor.
The short version
CAMC is a Chinese state-owned construction company. It built Pokhara airport using a Chinese loan. The airport was finished, but does not get many international flights.
Ownership
Subsidiary of Sinomach (China National Machinery Industry Corporation), a Chinese state-owned enterprise.
No documented political ties on the public record we audit.
CAMC corporate filings; Sinomach group disclosures.
Projects awarded
2016
USD 215.96M
completed late
Public-record concerns
No PPMO blacklist, OAGN finding, or court record cited as of latest publication.
What to watch
- ·Whether CAMC bids on follow-on Chinese-financed projects under the 2024 BRI Framework Agreement.
Sources · cited verbatim
Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal — Pokhara Regional International Airport — Project Profile
Open release checked 2024-11-20CAMC Engineering Co. Ltd. — Corporate profile and project list
Open release checked 2025-01-15
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