The China-aided Belarus National Football Stadium was officially opened on June 7, and a friendly match between the Chinese and Belarusian national youth football teams was held here on the same day. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attended the opening ceremony and watched the game.

The Belarusian National Football Stadium is a key project of the Belt and Road Initiative, located in the factory area of Minsk, the capital of Belarus. The project covers an area of 12.43 hectares, with a construction area of 48,000 square meters and 33,145 spectator seats.

The main colors of the stadium are white and red, reflecting the characteristics of Belarusian culture and the theme of China-Belarus friendship. The façade is made up of 472 curved steel louvers, which show a flowing curve with the change of visual angle. The roof is made of 1,860 types of printed glass with the characteristic motif of the Belarusian flag. The central turf adopts an intelligent anchor grass system that combines natural grass and artificial grass silk to ensure that the course is evergreen all year round, and is equipped with automatic drainage, soil heating, ventilation and intelligent irrigation systems to provide the best competitive environment for players. The general contractor of the project is Beijing Urban Construction Group.

In his speech, Lukashenko expressed his sincere gratitude to the Chinese leaders and Chinese partners. He said that the China-aided Belarusian National Football Stadium is the largest and most modern football stadium in Belarus, which meets the highest standards in the world and has become another landmark building in Minsk, symbolizing the strong friendship between Belarus and China.

Zhang Jiasheng, Deputy Director General of the General Administration of Sport of China, said in his speech that the inauguration of the Belarusian National Football Stadium is not only an important achievement of China's technical and economic assistance projects, but also a vivid portrayal of political mutual trust, pragmatic cooperation and people-to-people ties between the two countries. May the venue provide a stage for Chinese and Belarusian youths to pursue their dreams and build a bridge for deepening people-to-people exchanges between China and Belarus.

In an interview with Xinhua News Agency, Belarusian Minister of Sports and Tourism Kovalchuk thanked China for its assistance and provided a solid guarantee for Belarus to host international events. He said that Belarusian athletes, coaches and experts all spoke highly of China's assistance in building sports facilities. The friendly match was played by the Belarusian U21 national team against the Chinese U22 national men's football team, and the two teams ended the match amicably with a score of 1:1.

During the construction period, with the support and help of the Bureau of International Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Embassy in Belarus, the project team overcame internal and external difficulties and challenges, completed all stages of tasks with high quality, and successfully achieved the goal of completion and handover of the project and its official opening. Outstanding Contribution Award for Engineering and Sports Facilities" and other honors. In addition, the project also received a letter of commendation from the Chinese Embassy in Belarus and the receiving unit of Belarus, the Jinamo State Agency, which spoke highly of the quality of the stadium project and the organization and management of the construction. These honors are a comprehensive recognition of the implementation results of the project, and demonstrate the professional ability and responsibility of Beijing Urban Construction in international projects.(This article is from the official website of Seetao www.seetao.com. Reprinting without permission is strictly prohibited. Please indicate Seetao.com + original link when reprinting) Seetao.com Strategy Column Editor/Sun Fengjuan