Even when Bangladesh on Saturday praised the newly inaugurated Padma Bridge, the longest in the country, as a “national pride symbol”, the Chinese media said “the transportation center along the belt and the road” Improving the image of “China Construction China”.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated the 6.15 km Tengara Bridge, built on a winding Padma river along 130 km, marking the end of the project nearly $ 3.7 billion, which began in 2015. Located about 40 km from Dhaka, The bridge connects the southwest of the southwest of the country with the capital through roads and trains.
The official Chinese media has tracked bridge development, given that China Railway Major Engineering Group (MBEC) has been behind its construction. The company has built at least three other bridges in Bangladesh before the Padma Bridge.
The Chinese media called the bridge “an important part of the anticipated Trans-Asia railroad network”.
People’s Daily, a spokesman for the Chinese Communist Party, in an article earlier this month – before the inauguration of the bridge – praised China’s efforts to build infrastructure in foreign countries, with the main focus on the Padma Bridge project. This article was published under the main header, “Chinese Company Project ‘abroad improve the image of’ Made in China Construction ‘”.
This article talks about projects related to The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an ambitious global infrastructure project that is part of Beijing’s strategic objectives, including resource resources and developing influences.
This bridge is also an important transportation center along the belt and road routes and vital channels that connect the Trans-Asia train,” he said.
Interestingly, the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry said last week that the Padma Multipurpose Bridge had been fully funded by Dhaka and “There was no foreign funding from bilateral or multilateral funding agents that contributed financially to their construction”, a statement that could be interpreted to imply that they were not parts From BRI.
In the People’s daily article, the Chairman of the MBEC Council Wen Wusong claimed that the company had produced more than 50,000 employment opportunities for the local population since the beginning of the bridge construction.
For eight years, facilities such as plants and gas stations have been launched on the north side of the river, contributing to a better life for local residents, “the report also claimed.
In addition to promoting local economic and social development, projects -company projects abroad have facilitated exports of technology, equipment, and mechanisms for sophisticated Chinese management,” he added.
The large infrastructure project, with the main bridge which is 6.15 km long, is carried out by MBEC. This is the largest and most challenging infrastructure project in Bangladesh’s history, “Xinhua’s official news agency claims in several reports on bridge construction.
MBEC owned by the state was founded in 1953 and, according to a short profile by Bloomberg, “the company’s business line includes providing public contract services such as building bridges and tunnels”. This is a subsidiary of China Railway Group Limited.
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