Zimbabwe's railway capacity has been sluggish for a long time, with old lines restricting the export of minerals and agricultural products. The delegation from Tianjin visited relevant units of CREC to hold consultations on a $600 million railway repair and renovation project, hoping to revitalize the country's railway network with the support of Chinese enterprise infrastructure technology, and use the project to drive technology transfer and local talent cultivation.

Current pressure on railways

The Zimbabwe National Railways Corporation NRZ operates a 2760 kilometer railway network, with approximately 10% of the lines implementing temporary speed limits, the mainline dispatch system malfunctioning, and some electrified railways being shut down. Only 60 locomotives and 3512 freight cars are currently in use, and the freight volume has shrunk from a peak of 18 million tons per year to about 2 million tons at present. The railway is the main force for the transportation of local mineral and agricultural products, and the aging of facilities hinders economic operation, making renovation urgently needed. Keywords: Zimbabwe railway renovation, infrastructure cooperation

Deepen cooperation in infrastructure construction with China

The Deputy Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare of Zimbabwe, Mysitina, led a team to visit CREC Industrial Park and CR2G. Tianjin hopes to introduce China's infrastructure experience to expand cooperation in technology transfer vocational training, and continuously optimize the business environment to support project implementation. The project is still in the negotiation stage, and the start date of the line financing model has not been determined yet. The Tianjin side has considered promoting the transformation of the resource for infrastructure model, and this meeting is also an important action to implement the cooperation commitments of the Forum on China Africa Cooperation.Editor/Min Jing