| Arthur Chung Conference Centre | |
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  Location within Guyana | |
| General information | |
| Town or city | Georgetown |
| Country |  Guyana |
| Coordinates | 6°49′15″N58°07′08″W / 6.82082°N 58.11890°W Coordinates: 6°49′15″N58°07′08″W / 6.82082°N 58.11890°W |
| Completed | 2006 [1] |
| Renovated | 8 June 2018 [2] |
| Cost | US$ 7.1 million (renovation) |
The Arthur Chung Conference Centre is a convention and exhibition centre in Georgetown, Guyana. It is located next to the Secretariat of the Caribbean Community. [3]
The convention centre was constructed in 2006, and was initially named Guyana International Conference Centre. [4] The convention centre is a gift from the People's Republic of China, and became the preferred location for venues, [4] and was often used by CARICOM for conferences. [5]
In 2015, the centre was renamed to Arthur Chung Conference Centre in honour of Arthur Chung, the first president of Guyana who was of Chinese (Hakka Han) ethnicity. [4] [6]
The Chinese Government had offered a 10-year agreement for repairs. In 2016, the centre closed for repairs and reconstruction. [4] It reopened on 8 June 2018 with a 500-seat main hall, an eastern conference room of 220 people and a western conference room of 120. The main halls has been fitted with sliding walls to allow the creation of up to five smaller rooms. [1] The renovation was carried out by the China Railway Group Limited. [3]
During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020–21, the centre was temporarily used by the National Assembly in order to meet physical distance requirements. [7]
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