01/06/2019 12:00 (UTC)
EGYPT CHINA CONSTRUCTION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
KEF01. Cairo (Egypt), 01/06/2019.- Chinese laborers work at a construction site of the central business district of the new administrative capital, 45 kilometers east of Cairo, Egypt, 01 June 2019. Egypt started the construction of the new administrative and financial capital of Egypt, partnering with the China State Construction Engineering Company (CSCEC) as part of China's larger Belt and Road Initiative which was announced during the economic development conference in March 2015. The new city is located 45 kilometers east of Cairo, in an area halfway to the seaport city of Suez. According to the plans, main government departments and ministries will be relocated in the new city. (Egipto) EFE/EPA/KHALED ELFIQI
