2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative. In the past decade, China and countries along the Belt and Road have achieved mutual benefit and win-win results. Sri Lanka's Prime Minister said in an interview with reporters that with the investment and support of Chinese enterprises, Colombo Port City has turned from a sea into an island and become an important part of Colombo City, which will make positive contributions to Sri Lanka's expansion of exports and international trade and the construction of a financial investment hub.

The Colombo Port City project is one of the landmark projects of the China-Sri Lanka Belt and Road construction. The project officially started in 2014, and now the port city is taking shape, and some projects have been completed and put into operation.

Into the project site, the machine roar, the flow of engineering vehicles. According to Jiang Houliang, general manager of CCCC Port City Project Company, at present, the project is comprehensively promoting the first phase of municipal administration, green construction, investment promotion, secondary development and urban operation and management. Projects such as the Colombo International Finance Center building and the Convention and Exhibition Center will also begin one after another. After visiting the Port City project, renowned local host Indiwari Amwata exclaimed: This city of the future is rising and will bring tremendous changes to Colombo!

According to reports, 530 workers have returned to work at the project site, and returning employees are required to undergo isolation and two nucleic acid tests. Not far from the project department is the "shelter buffer zone" built by blue containers. Carson, a local worker, said: The strict epidemic prevention measures taken by the port city make our production very safe.

Accelerating the resumption of work and production in the port city is of great significance to promoting Sri Lanka's economic recovery. Tulsi Aruvihalle, head of strategy and business development Department of Port City Project Company, said that Port City will not only attract international companies to settle in Colombo in the future, but also become a platform to help Sri Lankan companies go global. Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said: "Colombo Port City is a landmark project that will be the engine of Sri Lanka's future development. It will benefit our generation, and it will benefit future generations. Editor/Xu Shengpeng