The China-Laos Railway, with a total length of 1,035 kilometers, enables same-day travel between Kunming in Yunnan province, and Vientiane, the capital of Laos.

China Railway Construction Corp, or CRCC, has embarked on a journey toward high-quality development and common prosperity under the country's Belt and Road Initiative.

Established on Nov 5, 2007 and listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2008, CRCC is renowned as one of the world's largest and most powerful comprehensive construction groups, ranking third in ENR Top 250 Global Contractors.

Its business scope covers all 32 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in China, as well as 140 countries and regions worldwide.

By the end of 2022, the operating mileage of China's railways had reached 155,000 km, including 42,000 km of high-speed rail. The mileage of highways was 5.35 million kilometers, including 177,000 km of expressways.

CRCC has constructed 54 percent of the conventional railways nationwide, 52 percent of the high-speed railways, 39 percent of urban rail transit, and 30 percent of high-grade highways, contributing to China's economic development and the wellbeing of its people.

CRCC has built more than 14,000 km of railways overseas, accounting for over 80 percent of the total railway construction mileage by Chinese companies overseas. It has also constructed about 7,000 km of highways.

The company is promoting the construction of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, forming a transportation logistics network integrating railways, shipping and aviation, covering 46 countries and regions involved in the BRI.

This promotes connectivity among different countries and facilitates regional economic prosperity.

The China-Laos Railway, with a total length of 1,035 km, enables same-day travel between Kunming in Yunnan province, China, and Vientiane, the capital of Laos. It has achieved leapfrog development and profoundly changed the transportation pattern in Laos.

As of December 2022, the China-Laos Railway, which celebrated its first anniversary, had transported more than 8.5 million passengers and shipped about 11.2 million tons of goods.

The China-Laos Railway, which started construction in December 2016, is the first international railway predominantly invested, constructed and operated by China, using Chinese technical standards, equipment and directly connected to the Chinese railway network.

The Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway, built by China Civil Engineering Construction Corp, is the first transnational electrified railway in Africa, with a total length of 752.7 km.

It is a railway that integrates China's design standards and Chinese investment and financing support, equipment materials, construction, supervision and operations management.

To date, the railway has operated 1,802 passenger trains, carrying nearly 530,000 passengers, and transported 6,179 freight trains with 7.43 million tons of cargo, with a total operating income of about 980 million yuan ($134.27 million).

It has greatly promoted economic development in the Horn of Africa, including Ethiopia and Djibouti.

The first phase of the Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port constructed by CCECC covers a total land area of approximately 2 million square meters, with an annual throughput of 7.08 million tons and 200,000 standard containers. It started construction on Aug 7, 2014, and was completed in May 2017.

The Doraleh Multipurpose Port has a water depth of 15.3 meters and can accommodate 100,000-ton class vessels. Equipped with large-scale port equipment, including 12 quay cranes and two shore cranes, the highly automated and modernized handling methods have improved the efficiency of ship operations nearly fourfold, resulting in increased revenue for the port company.

The Four Seasons Hotel Kuala Lumpur project, undertaken by CRCC is located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia. It is a high-end urban complex integrating commercial, residential and hotel functions.

The total height of the building is 342.5 meters with 77 floors, and it has won the Luban Award.

CRCC employs local employees and implements localization management in accordance with laws, regulations and cultural customs. Foreign employees account for more than 85 percent in CRCC's overseas projects.

The Mozambique Xaixai agricultural project is the largest rice planting project in Africa facilitated by China. Over five years, the area of rice cultivation has expanded from 867 hectares to 2,464 hectares, and the average yield per mu has increased from less than 100 kilograms to more than 550 kg.

The annual rice harvest is nearly 16,000 tons, providing a significant supply of rice locally.

Overall, CRCC has made meaningful contributions to infrastructure development and connectivity under the framework of the BRI, including the construction of railways, ports and other key projects in various countries and regions around the world.