During the 2006 country programming mission, the Government of the People's Republic
of China (PRC) requested technical assistance (TA) from the Asian Development Bank (ADB)
for trade logistics development and capacity building in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
(XUAR). A fact-finding mission visited Urumqi during 21–23 May 2006 and reached an
understanding with the Government on the impact, outcome, outputs, cost, financing
arrangements, terms of reference, and implementation arrangements for the TA