At 5 a.m., Robert was already driving his pick-up truck to the Magufuli Bridge construction site in Tanzania, delivering Chinese-style breakfast. The bridge, undertaken by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), is the longest extradosed cable-stayed bridge in Africa.
Constructed by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation and China Railway 15th Bureau Group Corporation Limited under China Railway Construction Corporation Limited, Magufuli Bridge, the longest extradosed cable-stayed bridge in Africa, spans the shimmering waters of Lake Victoria in Tanzania. The bridge is regarded as a symbol of the headway-making spirit with which Chinese enterprises can transform impossibilities to tangible achievements.
In April 2021, a team of workers dispatched by the Ethiopia regional headquarters of the Fuzhou subsidiary of China Railway Construction Corporation Limited (CRCC), set foot on the plateau camp in Lalibela for the first time. Aiming to offer international engineering assistance in Ethiopia, the team made every effort to build a well-suited road in Lalibela.
At the Missan Oil Field in Iraq, the advanced Xuanji drilling system, developed by the China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL), has successfully completed multiple challenging operations. Demonstrating outstanding stability and precise steering capability under severe challenges, such as high temperatures and complex geographical formations, the system has gradually gained recognition in Iraq, becoming an important technological “bridge” for deepening energy cooperation between China and Belt and Road countries.
Under the Belt and Road Initiative, China Nuclear Industry Fifth Construction Co., Ltd. (CNF) has effectively integrated overseas project construction with local talent cultivation. Through a structured mentoring system, CNF has trained local technical and managerial personnel on various international projects, facilitating the transfer of Chinese technology, standards, and expertise, while establishing professional teams in host countries.
On September 10, 2025, the 2×350MW ultra-supercritical coal-fired power generation unit, South Sumatra No.1 Project in Indonesia, which is invested and constructed by China Energy Investment Corporation Co., Ltd. (CHN Energy), officially obtained the commercial operation certificate issued by Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), the Indonesian government-owned electricity corporation.
In the vast land of north Nigeria, the Kaduna-Kano Railway extends from the terminus of the existing Abuja-Kaduna Railway, passes through Zaria and reaches Kano, a major industrial city in north Nigeria. The diesel-powered railway has six newly built modern stations, a total length of 203.8 kilometers and a designed speed of 150 kilometers per hour. carrying both passengers and freight.
The CCTEG Shenyang Engineering Company, a subsidiary of the China Coal Technology & Engineering Group (CCTEG), is expanding its international footprint, advancing mining and industrial cooperation in more than 20 countries under the Belt and Road Initiative.