November 6, 2021, Chinese Ambassador to Kenya Zhou Pingjian, Kenyan Minister of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works Machariya, Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Asia and Australia Department Director Ndonggu, and Embassy Counselor Zhang Yijun The other party inspected the Nairobi Ring Road project undertaken by China Road and Bridge.

The inspection team first listened to reports on the project construction scale and current construction progress at the project construction site, and inspected the construction of the 7+800 bridge on the spot. Afterwards, they inspected the epidemic prevention work in the camp, and listened to the work reports on the two projects of Nairobi Ring Road and Nairobi Expressway, focusing on localization management, technology transfer, local employee training and corporate social responsibility.

Zhou Pingjian said that with the joint efforts of both parties, the follow-up results of the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation have been fully implemented in Kenya. Cooperation projects such as the West Ring Road in Nairobi have overcome the impact of the epidemic and proceeded smoothly. The "Eight Major Actions" benefit the people of the two countries. The "Global Development Initiative" put forward by President Xi Jinping adheres to the concept of action orientation and other concepts, points out the direction for the promotion of global development and international development cooperation, and effectively leads the development of China-Kenya cooperation. The 8th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation will be held in Dakar from November 29th to 30th. China is willing to take this as an opportunity to strengthen strategic alignment with Kenya and actively participate in Kenya’s four major projects within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative. The "Development Goals" and the "2030 Vision" promote mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Kenya to continuously achieve new results.

Machariya said that as one of the cooperation projects initiated by the two sides after the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, the West Ring Road in Nairobi is currently progressing smoothly and is expected to be completed on schedule, again showing that China-Africa cooperation focuses on action and implementation. After the completion of the construction of the West Ring Road, it will be integrated with the east, north and south ring roads. The ring road that runs through the entire line will effectively relieve the traffic congestion in the city of Nairobi. Major cooperation projects such as the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway, the Nairobi Railway, the Nairobi Ring Road, and the Airport Expressway have significantly improved Kenya’s infrastructure conditions. The national outlook of Nairobi and the entire Kenya has been updated. Kenya’s status as a transportation hub in East Africa has been further consolidated. This is of great significance to the promotion of Kenya's economic and social development, including the development of tourism. Kenya sincerely thanks the Chinese government and people for their sincere support and assistance, and is willing to actively participate in the affairs of the China-Africa Cooperation Forum, and work with China to jointly build the Belt and Road Initiative and deepen comprehensive strategic cooperation.

Ndonggu said that under the epidemic situation, the various projects undertaken by China Road and Bridge can still guarantee the construction progress of the project, and achieve both epidemic prevention and production. The performance ability and the spirit of hard work demonstrated have left the Kenyan government and the people. deep impression. As long as China and Kenya work together, they will surely be able to overcome various difficulties and truly achieve mutual benefit and win-win results. Editor/He Yuting