China Tiesiju Civil Engineering Group (CTCE) has 12 ongoing construction projects in Angola, after delivering a 76-kilometer highway built in the northern mountainous area of Uige.
The projects cover housing, municipal projects, bridges and highways, and water plants. CTCE First Engineering is building seven of them, according to Duan Shiqi, head of projects at the Chinese company in Angola.
Established in November 1950 and now with some 23,360 staff members, CTCE is part of China Railway Group Ltd, a centrally administrated State-owned enterprise.
The Uige Province 76-kilometer highway, completed by CTCE First Engineering Co Ltd, starts at Quitexe and ends at Ambuila, benefiting some 100,000 people in two cities and boosting the local economy.
Building the highway started in early 2017, providing jobs to 193 locals, promoting the economic development of Angola’s border area, and deepening economic ties between China and Angola, Duan Shiqi, head of the project from State-owned CTCE, told China Daily.
“The highway is part of the projects in the Belt and Road, which is being continuously expanded around the world with far-reaching influence,” Duan said,.
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The highway will link the urban areas of Ambuila and Quitexe, said Antonio Rosario Alex Mutunda, vice-governor of Uige Province.
“The completion of the highway brings convenient transportation to the two cities and the numerous beneficiaries along the route, thus promoting their economic exchanges with the outside world,” he noted.
During construction work, CTCE staff members also initiated cultural exchanges with various regions in a bid to provide jobs for the Angolan people, said project staffer Zhang Jiaqian. At busy times, there were 40 Chinese employees and 193 local employees building the highway, he said.
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The full completion of the project helped to end a history of non-graded roads linking Quitexe and Ambuila, playing a key role in boosting the flow of agricultural products from the region and leading to the expansion of its wood processing industry, Zhang said.
CTCE’s business operations reached a value of 209.6 billion yuan ($33.1 billion) in 2020, with a revenue of 113 billion yuan, Han said. Between 2016 and 2020, the company logged 747.5 billion yuan in business and recorded a revenue of 404.8 billion yuan.
