Xu Guojian, the president of China Jiangxi Corporation for International Economic and Technical Cooperation (CJIC), delivers a speech during a commencement ceremony of China-funded mega-road project in Chisamba district, central Zambia, on Sept. 8, 2017. Zambia on Friday launched construction of the China-funded mega-road project that connects the southern and central parts of the country to the mining towns in the Copperbelt province. The construction of the 321-kilometer Lusaka-Ndola dual carriageway, including the bypass roads in Kabwe and Kapiri Mposhi, and 45 kilometers of the Luanshya-Fisenge-Masangano Road will be done by China Jiangxi Corporation for International Economic and Technical Cooperation (CJIC) at a cost of 1.2 billion U.S. dollars, a loan from China's Exim Bank. (Xinhua/Peng Lijun)
