Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge introduces Chinese standards to the world
By Yang Xun from People’s
Daily
The official operation of
China’s 55km-long Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) in 2018 attracted
worldwide attention, marking a major success of China’s infrastructure
construction, and introducing “Chinese standards” to the world.
The HZMB, adopting Chinese
standards in multiple fields, has set an example for high-quality
infrastructure construction, said Su Quanke, a member of the 13th National
Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) on
the sidelines of the two sessions, China’s top legislative and political
advisory bodies.
Su, also the chief engineer
of the HZMB Authority, introduced that 61 volumes of technical standards have
been established during the construction of the mega-bridge to ensure
world-class quality. “These standard volumes, if piled up, are as high as over one
meter,” the chief engineer said.
A major achievement in the
construction of the bridge is that China has exported many of its technologies
and standards, Su said.For example, the constructor of an 18-km immersed tunnel
connecting Denmark with Germany under the Fehmarn Belt has visited China four
or five times for technical exchanges.
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Authority of the US that built the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in the 1970s also
expressed their intention to visit China as it is planning to build a new
bridge beside the existing one, saying that their construction technologies are
outdated in today’s world.
Constructors of cross-sea
steel bridges from Germany, Serbia and Norway have signed contracts with
Chinese enterprises, hoping the latter to offer Chinese technologies and
materials produced on the same production line of the HZMB, Su said. The
production line has already started manufacturing for foreign constructors a
couple of years ago, and the orders are still coming in till today.
What made Su proud is that he was contacted by
the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association, and the latter
expressed its hope to promote Chinese standards internationally.
Su said that more bridges
would be built in accordance with Chinese standards around the world in the
future.
The
aeriel photo taken on July 11, 2018 shows a bird view of the Hong
Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. (Photo by Liang Xu from Xinhua News Agency)
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge introduces Chinese standards to the world
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