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From China-Arab Transport Connection to Friendship Connection

Updated: January 26, 2026

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The Algerian East-West Expressway Project spans 1,216 kilometers and stands as the country's largest infrastructure project since its founding. At the time, it was the largest single-contract project secured by a Chinese enterprise in the international engineering contracting market, as well as the most technically advanced project of its kind. It was also China's first overseas project to adopt Eurocodes and European technical standards.