[Chinese enterprises to build! Construction starts on Kimba Road in Cambodia]On the morning of June 7, 2023, the construction ceremony of the highway project from Phnom Penh to Pakuah City in the province of Sah Rieng was held in Kandan Province, Cambodia, attended by nearly 7,000 Cambodian people. The Jinba Expressway is invested and constructed by China Road and Bridge Engineering Co., LTD. The main highway project is 135.1 km long, two-way four lanes, and the design speed is 100 km/h. The construction period of the Gimba Expressway project is four years, and after completion, it will be operated by China Road and Bridge for 50 years before being handed over to Cambodia. During the construction period of the Jimba Expressway project, it is expected to directly employ more than 5,000 Cambodian local employees and create nearly 10,000 local jobs. Editor/Xue Ma
On the afternoon of September 13, 2024, Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, held important talks with Kyrgyzstan Parliament Speaker Shakiyev at the Great Hall of the People. Chairman Zhao Leji stressed that under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, China-Kyrgyzstan relations have been elevated to a new height of comprehensive strategic partnership in the new era, and the two sides are willing to deepen all-round mutually beneficial cooperation and jointly build a China-Kyrgyzstan community with a shared future. During the talks, the two sides conducted in-depth exchanges on topics such as safeguarding common security, promoting economic and trade cooperation, strengthening people-to-people and cultural exchanges, and promoting the construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway, and expressed their willingness to strengthen exchanges and cooperation among legislative bodies. Kyrgyzstan Speaker Shakiyev cherished the friendship between Kyrgyzstan and China and looked forward to providing strong support for cooperation between the two countries in various fields by strengthening cooperation among the legislatures. The talks further consolidated the friendly relations between China and Kyrgyzstan and laid a solid foundation for future cooperation between the two sides. Editor/Jiang Mingyue
Recently, China Energy Construction China Power Engineering Guangxi Institute successfully won the bid for an important energy project in Sabah, Malaysia: the general contracting project of 100 MW dual-fuel peaking power plant. Located at the Kimanis Power Plant about 65km southwest of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, the project aims to expand the existing facility to add six natural gas and diesel dual-fuel internal combustion engine generator sets with a total installed capacity of 100 MW. The project, which is expected to last 18 months, is scheduled to be officially put into commercial operation in March 2026, marking another important breakthrough for Chinese energy construction companies in overseas markets. Editor/Jiang Mingyue