At the beginning, Brazil ignored China's infrastructure assistance and insisted on cooperating with Japan to build the bridge. Unexpectedly, the bridge collapsed within a few years. Although the difficulty of building this bridge has scared away the United States and other countries, China still faces the challenge in the face of Brazil's sincere invitation.

In November 2020, China and Pakistan officially signed the construction contract for the construction of El Salvador Sea Crossing Bridge. According to the agreement, Brazil will invest 15.4 billion dollars to entrust China to build the El Salvador Sea Crossing Bridge. The bridge spans Santos Bay, with a total length of 46.8km, a sea crossing section of 12.4km, and a maximum span of 450m. It is expected that the bridge will be completed and delivered to Brazil for operation in 5 years. At that time, it will only take 28 minutes for the whole journey to be open to traffic.Editor/Ma Xue