On June 29, 2021, the Philippine Kaliwa Dam project undertaken by China Energy Construction Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony in Rizal Province. The Philippine official thanked China for its support for the project, saying that the key cooperation project between the two governments will alleviate the water shortage problem in the Philippine capital.

The Kaliwa dam project is located in Quezon and Rizal provinces of the Philippines. It is a municipal water supply project. The main project includes a dam and a water transmission tunnel. After completion, the water supply capacity will be 600,000 tons/day and the water transmission capacity will be 2.4 million tons/ day. The project owner is the Metropolitan Water and Sewage System (MWSS), which is mainly responsible for the construction and management of the water supply and sewage system in Metro Manila, the capital of the Philippines.

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Dison, the presidential consultant of the flagship project of the Philippine “Build, Build, Build” program expressed in a video speech that he is very grateful to the Chinese government and the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines for their support of the Kaliwa Dam project. The Kaliwa Dam is a people's livelihood project that the Philippine government has long been looking forward to, and it is also one of the key cooperation projects between the Philippines and China under the Duterte administration. I wish the Kaliwa Dam project to be completed on schedule, to provide a stable and sustainable water supply to Metro Manila, and to significantly improve people's living standards.

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Tan Qingsheng, Chargé d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines, stated that China-Philippines economic and trade cooperation has risen against the trend, and the Belt and Road Initiative has been deeply integrated with the “Build, Build, Build” program in the Philippines. In the past year or so, in the face of risks and challenges such as the new crown epidemic, China and the Philippines have cooperated closely and unremittingly promoted the project to make positive progress. It is hoped that the two parties will continue to work together and strengthen cooperation in the future to ensure the smooth and smooth progress of the project. It is hoped that the Chinese implementation enterprises will promote high-quality and high-level project construction while strengthening the prevention and control of the epidemic, actively fulfill their social responsibilities, and help local economic and social development. Editor/Tian Zengpeng