The largest and largest single bridge project undertaken by Chinese companies overseas, the Padma Bridge in Bangladesh, was officially opened at the end of June, becoming a new business card for the joint construction of the Belt and Road between China and Bangladesh, and a dream bridge for Bangladesh’s economic development. .

The Padma Bridge was built by Chinese builders in eight years. The main bridge is a 6.15-kilometer long double-deck steel truss bridge for both road and rail. The upper layer is a four-lane expressway and the lower layer is a single-track railway. At the same time, the bridge also reserves pipelines to carry other line equipment such as natural gas and optical cables.

As one of the important passages connecting China and Southeast Asia "Trans-Asian Railway". The Padma Bridge spans the Padma River, which is hailed as the water of life by the Bangladeshi people. The Padma Bridge is located in the lower reaches of the Padma River. Previously, the Padma River had only one road bridge and one railway bridge in the upper reaches. People downstream can only cross the river by boat.

The Padma Bridge connects 21 districts in southern Bangladesh with the capital Dhaka, realizes the connection of roads and railways in the south, and forms a new traffic artery, which not only greatly shortens the river crossing time, improves the efficiency and safety of river crossing, but also promotes Bangladesh economic and trade relations with neighboring countries. According to analysis by local economists, the opening of the bridge will boost Bangladesh’s GDP by about 1.5%.

The latest statistics show that among the hundreds of key projects constructed in countries along the Belt and Road, more than one-third of the projects implement Chinese standards. A large number of key construction projects are becoming new symbols of the Belt and Road Initiative and injecting new impetus into the economic development of the host countries.

From the perspective of project classification, in the overseas projects of the Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese standards are mainly used in engineering design, civil construction, mechanical and electrical equipment installation, decoration and product materials and equipment, especially in the fields of electric power engineering, railway transportation engineering, and communication construction engineering. relatively strong. Road, airport, port transportation engineering, civil construction, petrochemical and other engineering projects account for 1/4 of the implementation of Chinese standards.Editor/XingWentao