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Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
Mwanza, Tanzania, June 20 (Xinhua) — Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Thursday inaugurated the China-built Magufuli Bridge, which spans Lake Victoria and is the longest cable-stayed low-pylon bridge in Africa.
S.S. Hasan called the bridge a transformative infrastructure project, saying it cuts travel time across the lake from two hours to five minutes.
The Tanzanian leader added that it would also help expand trade with neighboring countries.
The 4.66-km bridge was built by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) and China Railway Construction Corporation 15 Bureaus Ltd., with Tanzanians accounting for about 95 percent of the workforce employed on the project, according to Qin Rong, deputy project manager. He said the project also provided them with skills and valuable experience to support future national infrastructure development.
Chinese Ambassador to Tanzania Chen Mingjian, in turn, pointed out that the Magufuli Bridge has become a landmark project in the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative and a model of cooperation between China and Tanzania, emphasizing its broader significance for the development of China-Africa relations as a whole. –0–