The 10th Anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative | Thank You, CJI, for Helping Build My Country
Zimbabwe seems to be a distant and strange place for the Chinese, but for Taku, it is his hometown and a place where he has a deep intersection with China. Taku is undoubtedly lucky to come to China to study at a university, and after returning to China, he will be able to work in CJI and participate in it.“Belt and Road”Key Projects——Mugabe International Airport construction, this opportunity is even more precious.
On the project, Taku worked hard and played an important role as a link between the Chinese contractor and the local owner.
“When I was studying in China, the rapid development of China deeply shocked me. I didn't expect to return to my own country after graduation, to enter Chinese enterprises and build the motherland, which is really an exciting thing.”Every time I say this, Taku's voice can't help but tremble,“I hope that in the future, Zimbabwe and even Africa as a whole can be built better and the people's lives can be happier.”The sincere tears in his eyes are a microcosm of China-Africa friendship.
The reconstruction and expansion project of Mugabe International Airport in which Taku participated was signed by Chinese President Xi Jinping at a meeting with Zimbabwe's new President Mnangagwa.“Belt and Road”Important national projects. In March 2019, the project was officially launched. After more than 1,000 days and nights of construction, the new terminal was officially delivered in July 2023. Zimbabwe gave birth to a brand-new modern airport that can accommodate more passengers, making the capital Harare an important aviation hub in Central and Southern Africa, attracting more international airlines and international passengers to Zimbabwe, and the annual passenger throughput of the airport will increase from 2.5 million to 6 million, the huge passenger flow will stimulate the rapid development of Zimbabwe's tourism industry and commercial economy, which is of great significance to Zimbabwe's economic and social development.
In the project, Taku played an important role as a link. He was mainly responsible for establishing friendly relations with the heads of local government departments and airport owners, and helping to coordinate and solve some problems encountered before and during the official operation of the airport. In addition to dealing with the daily office work, cooperate with the construction personnel of architectural specialty and mechanical and electrical specialty to effectively communicate and coordinate with the architect, supervision engineer and owner. From the fledgling professional novice to the backbone of the company, Taku constantly challenges himself, he is like a sponge, in“Belt and Road”Actively absorb professional knowledge on the project, continue to accumulate construction management experience, lay a solid foundation for their own career development, and apply what they have learned to better build their own country. He said:“Seeing that CJI is really working hard for the development of Zimbabwe, I will also work harder to build the motherland.”
Taku to assist construction at project site
Taku to assist mechanical and electrical professional construction at the project site
Since the start of the Mugabe International Airport project, it has provided nearly 1,000 local jobs in Zimbabwe, and has continuously introduced China's advanced construction technology and technology into Zimbabwe. In addition to the project, CJI actively fulfilled its social responsibility, donating free natural lawn football fields to surrounding residents, donating labor supplies to local prisons, building roads to military academies, providing uniform hats to police stations, etc., demonstrating the responsibility of Chinese state-owned enterprises.
The wind knows the grass, the fire sees the gold. Since the outbreak of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic in 2019, the project department has implemented a number of humanistic care measures to organize the staff of the Tianjin side to talk and communicate to relieve the pressure. Considering that the hundreds of local employees hired by the project department are at greater risk of returning home, the company has specially converted the two camps into local employee dormitories. According to local living habits, they are provided with bread, eggs, meat, condiments and other necessary daily necessities free of charge to ensure the quality of life. During the dry season in Zimbabwe, the temperature is low at night. The project department also specially purchased a batch of quilts and distributed them to each employee to ensure their health, convey warmth and confidence, and let more and more employees of Zimbabwe grow up, take charge of one side, and become the backbone of the fight against the epidemic and stabilize production. Local staff on the project said:“Zhongjiang is not a gold digger in Africa, but really let the people of Zimbabwe feel Zhongzin.‘Win-win cooperation’The benefits and benefits of the company.”
Taku returned to Zimbabwe after finishing college in China to work on the Mugabe International Airport renovation and expansion project.
Like all the employees of the project department, Taku is devoted to intense work day after day, working hard and struggling at all costs for goals and ideals. He loves China and Zhongjiang, and integrates this feeling into every bit of his work. In the future, more foreign employees like them will join the Zhongjiang family to work together“Belt and Road”Build your own strength.
