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Egypt and China Building for the Future

https://www.mei.edu/publications/towering-ambitions-egypt-and-china-building-future

  • Central Business District (CBD) of the country’s New Administrative Capital
  • Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone (SETC-Zone)
  • electric vehicle sector
  • a light rail network connecting Cairo with surrounding districts
  • Ain Sokhna refinery project
  • high-speed electric railway between Ain Sokhna and El Alamein
  • container terminal inside the Abu Qir Naval Base, on the central Mediterranean coast.
  • three solar power stations at the Benban Solar Energy Park in the southern governorate of Aswan
  • an industrial complex for the production of solar panels
  • African hub for manufacturing a Covid-19 vaccine. 12-11-20 Egypt is negotiating with relevant Chinese companies for the local mass production of China’s new coronavirus vaccine, Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed . Egypt is negotiating financially over the cost of obtaining a production license.
  • national roads project
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Chinese firms to build largest cross-sea cable-stayed bridge in Latin America

A joint venture of China Railway 20th Bureau Group Co and China Communications Construction Co signed a contract to build a cross-sea cable-stayed bridge in Salvador with the Brazilian state of Bahia on Thursday, meaning the construction of the largest such bridge in Latin America will kick off.

Located in Salvador, the capital of Bahia state in Brazil, the Salvador Bridge is designed to be 46.8 kilometers long.

One of the highlights of the bridge will be the 12.4-kilometer cross-sea section, with the main tower topping up at 205 meters and a maximum span of 450 meters. 

The depth of water in the area reaches 60 meters. 

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China opens world’s longest cross-sea road-rail bridge

10月1日，平潭海峡公铁两用大桥公路面试通车，这是我国首座跨海公铁两用桥、世界最长跨海峡公铁两用大桥，大桥由中国中铁大桥院设计、中国中铁大桥局承建。

　　据介绍，该段公路是我国高速公路网京台线重要组成部分，也是第二条进出平潭岛的重要通道，通车后福州至平潭的用时将缩短半小时，形成一小时通勤圈。
据悉，平潭海峡公铁两用大桥全长16.34公里，起于福州市长乐区松下镇，经人屿岛、长屿岛、小练岛、大练岛，依次跨越元洪航道、鼓屿门水道、大小练岛水道、北东口水道，在苏澳镇上平潭岛。“大桥上层设计为时速100公里的六车道高速公路，下层设计为时速200公里的双线I级铁路。

　　大桥桥址所在处是世界上著名的三大风暴海域之一，风大、浪高、流急、岩硬，波浪力是长江等内河的10倍以上，全年7级以上大风超过200天，有效作业时间不超过120天。”中国中铁大桥院党委书记刘自明介绍，恶劣的环境让这里一度被称为“建桥禁区”。

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China’s largest patrol vessel launched in Guangdong

China’s largest patrol vessel, Haixun 09, was undocked on Tuesday in Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong Province. The patrol vessel is 165 meters long, 20.6 meters wide and 9.5 meters deep. It has a displacement of 10,700 metric tons. The vessel has a helicopter landing pad and a data center equipped with a set of satellite communication systems, including China’s Beidou Navigation Satellite System. Its construction started in May 2019. The vessel is expected to be put into service in 2021 in the areas of law enforcement, emergency coordination and command and pollution prevention.
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“Jinghua” extra-large diameter shield machine

9-27-20, “Jinghua” 京华号 extra-large diameter shield machine rolled off the production line in Changsha.

　　The shield machine is 150 meters long, weighs 4,300 tons and has a maximum excavation diameter of 16.07 meters.

　　This is China’s largest diameter shield machine developed so far, it will be involved in the construction of the sixth ring of the East Beijing reconstruction project after delivery.

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China’s fastest subway train in Guangzhou

China’s fastest subway train — traveling at 160 kilometers an hour — debuted in Guangzhou, the capital of South China’s Guangdong Province, on Friday, according to media reports.

The subway train will be put into service at Guangzhou Metro’s No. 18 and No. 22 metro lines, which are currently still under construction. Once it is put into service, it will take only 25 minutes and 30 minutes from Nansha Free Trade Zone to the South Guangzhou train station and East Guangzhou train station, respectively. 

The two lines will extend to Guangdong’s Zhuhai, Zhongshan and Dongguan cities in the future. 

The train — manufactured by CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co — is also the first subway to travel at 160 kilometers an hour in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. 

The train uses the most advanced design techniques, technological protocols and innovation. It also introduces an intelligent operation and maintenance system based on big data and cloud computing, according to a report by news website qq.com.  

The Guangzhou railway authority has ordered 40 such trains to run on its No. 18 and No. 22 lines from CRRC. The next delivery after the first train will begin in October.

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New Chinese-built trains arrive in Sydney

One of the new Waratah Series 2 trains was unveiled at Central Station and is set to enter service on Thursday, several months ahead of schedule.

Five others remain in testing in Australia, while a further 11 are expected to arrive from China before the end of the year. They will operate across the T2, T3, T8 Airport and South lines. The 17 trains were expected to cost the government close to $900 million when they were ordered last year amid record growth on the city’s transport network.

The new Waratah Series 2 trains will be airconditioned, feature internal and external CCTV as well as wheelchair spaces. 41 new Waratah trains will be operating across the network.

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Chinese railway construction giant inks contract linking Moscow and Kazan

China Railway Construction Corporation International (CRCCI) announced on Tuesday that it has inked a construction deal to build a section of the Moscow-Kazan Highway project in Russia. The project is worth 5.2 billion yuan ($767 million). This is the first time that a Chinese company has signed an engineering, procurement and construction contract for a national highway project in Russia. The Moscow-Kazan Highway is part of the Russian section of the Europe-Western China Transport Corridor, a megaproject that connects Russia, Kazakhstan and China. CRCCI will be in charge of building a 107-kilometer-long section of the Moscow-Kazan Highway, with a total length of 729 kilometers. It is expected that by its completion in 2024, the travel time from Moscow to Kazan, the sixth-largest city in Russia, will be shortened from 12 hours to 6.5 hours.