On the afternoon of December 7, 2021, Moscow time, the first metro project in Europe by a Chinese enterprise that CRCC participated in the construction of the Southwestern Section of the Third Interchange Ring Line of the Moscow Metro was officially opened. Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the opening ceremony in the form of a video link, announcing the opening of 10 stations on the third transfer ring line of the Moscow Metro.

In May 2014, under the witness of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, China and Russia signed a memorandum of cooperation on infrastructure construction in Moscow, laying a solid foundation for cooperation in the implementation of the project. In January 2017, CRCC won the bid for the Southwestern Section of Moscow Metro’s Third Interchange Circle Line, which is part of the world’s longest Metro Circle Line—70 kilometers in length. The bid section has a total length of 5.4 kilometers, including The construction of 3 stations and 9 shield tunnels at Amini Station, Michurin Street Station and Werner Street Station is the first time that Russia has introduced Chinese companies in the field of subway construction. In the construction of the project, China Railway Construction has realized the clustering of Chinese culture, Chinese solutions, Chinese technology, Chinese equipment, and Chinese capital, which has become a vivid case of Sino-Russian cooperation in the field of infrastructure construction.

At present, the passenger traffic volume of the Moscow Metro ranks first in Europe and second in the world. The average distance that citizens take the subway every day is about 14.5 kilometers. The Moscow Metro is not only a convenient means of transportation for citizens, it is also known worldwide as an "underground art palace". Walking into the Michulin Street subway station, Chinese elements such as red pillars, group life patterns, auspicious clouds can be seen everywhere, becoming a new landmark of Sino-Russian friendship, showing the cross-cultural scene along the Belt and Road.

Moscow’s Deputy Mayor and Head of Moscow’s Transport and Road Infrastructure Development Department Maxim Riksutov said: “Like Chinese cities, Moscow is also building subways on a large scale.” Since 2011, the Moscow City Government has Nearly 4 million Muscovites have built a new subway station within walking distance of their homes.

About 340,000 residents live in the southwest section of the third transfer line of the Moscow Metro, and more than 100,000 residents live within walking distance of the new station. The completion of the Southwest Metro Circle Line will reduce the daily commuting time of local residents by 40%. "The subway has finally reached my door!" Yelena, a 28-year-old Russian girl, is a psychologist. The newly built Amini station is only a 5-minute walk from her home. After the subway opened, it only took about 10 minutes for her to meet her friends who lived near Werner Street Station, which saved her nearly 20 minutes of travel time.

In the 1950s and 1960s, Soviet subway experts helped China plan and design the first subway, Beijing Subway Line 1. The predecessor of China Railway Construction Railway Corps was the main force in the construction of Line 1. By the end of 2020, 40 cities in Mainland China will have urban rail transit with 7978.19 kilometers of operating lines, ranking first in the world. Nowadays, the subway has been repaired to the former master's house, which has witnessed the rapid development of New China.

Through the successful implementation of the Moscow metro project, CRCC has established its brand in Russia, and has successively entered various fields such as design consulting, rail transit, general contracting of housing construction, expressways, and cross-border ropeways, forming the Belt and Road Initiative and the Eurasian Economic Union. The fruitful results of docking cooperation.

During the four and a half years of construction, CRCC has developed five shield machines that can withstand low temperatures of minus 30 degrees. Leah, Galina, Polina and Yefu Gaining are deeply loved by the Chinese and Russian people. The project department also compiled the first Chinese-Russian bilingual subway construction manual for Chinese enterprises, and innovatively used a number of technologies such as the receiving technology of reinforced concrete boxes to achieve the integration of Chinese and Russian culture and technology.

With the joint efforts of the Chinese and Russian builders, the project department overcomes the impact of the new crown epidemic, overcomes many world-class problems such as the 100-year-old railway under the shield in operation, the old subway station and the ancient river with abundant water, and achieved 9 times of safety Departures, 9 safe receptions, and 10 major risk sources traversed, setting a number of all-Russian construction records, including 3 shield machines, 25-ring and 35-meter daily excavation in 17 days. Editor/He Yuting