[CSCEC won the bid for the Dhaka Silet Highway section in Bangladesh]Recently, China Construction Seventh Bureau won the DS08 bid section of the Dhaka Silet Highway Upgrading and Renovation Project in Bangladesh, with a total length of 16.4 kilometers. The project is located between the capital city of Dhaka and the largest city in the northeast, Silet, about 160 kilometers away from the city center of Dhaka. It has been upgraded from a two-way two lane road to a two-way four lane road, and the construction includes road engineering, bridge and culvert engineering, slope and embankment protection, and traffic ancillary engineering. As a part of the economic corridor of the South Asian subcontinent in Bangladesh, the project will open a new trade corridor between the capital Dhaka and Silet after completion, greatly improving the road safety and mobility of the Northeast Economic Corridor in Bangladesh, and will play an important role in attracting external investment, reducing transportation and trade costs, and stimulating economic and social development along the line. Editor/Ma Xue
Astana Airlines announced that it will open a direct flight from Astana to Guangzhou on June 2, 2026, with flights on Tuesdays and Thursdays and returns on Wednesdays and Fridays. The flight will be operated using the A321LR aircraft and will take approximately 6 hours and 45 minutes. This route is its second route in Guangzhou, which will strengthen the China Kazakhstan air passage, further facilitating economic, trade, cultural and tourism exchanges between the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area and Central Asia, and improving the South China Central Asia air corridor.Editor/Bian Wenjun
China Haicheng Guangzhou Company has successfully signed a contract for the Saudi Arabia Refinery Project, providing one-stop full process services including technical evaluation, design optimization, and engineering management for the project. After completion, the project will become a modern large-scale benchmark sugar factory in the Middle East, effectively enhancing Saudi Arabia's local sugar processing and supply capabilities, and helping local industries upgrade. This signing is an important achievement for the company to deeply cultivate overseas markets and serve the construction of the "the Belt and Road".Editor/Bian Wenjun