Chinese company commended for excellent performance in Moscow metro construction
By Zhang
Xiaodong, Yin Xinyu, People’s Daily
China
Railway Construction Corporation Limited (CRCC) has greatly advanced the metro
construction in Moscow as they conquered challenges one after another and made
constant progress, said a Russian scholar at a recent forum commemorating the
70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and
Russia.
The Russian scholar Isaev Alexander Sergeevich, a senior research fellow of the
Institute of Far Eastern Studies
of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IFES RAS), noted that Moscow has a grand
planning for metro construction but suffered insufficient capabilities, and the
new technologies and equipment brought by the Chinese experts and technicians
have well met the urgent demand of the Russian side.
It is a
tangible measure that explains why China-Russia relations have won wide
supports, Sergeevich said.
The tunnel between Vernadskyi Prospekt and
Michurinskyi Prospekt stations of a Moscow metro line undertaken by CRCC was recently holed through. “This is the first time for a Chinese
company to build a metro line in Moscow,” said Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin
when inspecting the construction site.
“The metro line will effectively ease the traffic
pressure of the capital and bring more convenience to the people upon
completion,” the mayor said.
Commenced
from last June, the tunnel project features complicated procedures, and the
soil strata are different from those in China. Besides, it crosses through a
large number of buildings, with severe challenges posed by underneath stations,
rivers, as well as the record-setting heavy snowfalls in Moscow.
Completing
the task in such an environment, the Chinese construction team showcased the
high performance of the Chinese equipment and their outstanding skills and
management.
Moscow
metro is one of the world’s busiest metro systems, transporting more than eight
million passengers each day.
The bid to
build a 4.6-km section of the “Large Circle
Line” in Moscow was
won by the CRCC two years ago. It marked the first time for Russia to introduce
a Chinese company for a metro line project, and also the first
project ever in Europe undertaken by a Chinese construction team with Chinese
technology and equipment.
“The Chinese
company brought advanced technology and experiences to us,” said Deputy Mayor of Moscow Marat Khusnullin. He also praised Chinese constructors
for their excellent performance in constructing several complicated sections of
the metro line.
The CRCC has
more than 1,000 managing staff and workers at the project site, and about half
of them are Russians.
"Many
Chinese students studied subway construction in Soviet Union in early 1950s and
Soviet experts helped design the first metro line in Beijing. We are now
working at the home of our ‘teachers’," said Xue Liqiang, the manager of the
CRCC subway project in Moscow.
China
and Russia expanded their cooperation as the project progressed. The CRCC Russia
led and completed the design of three metro stations last February, and the
design plan was approved by Russia’s national accreditation commission, the
country’s top design management agency.
In the plan,
the Michurinskyi station, which is hailed as “the most beautiful underground
palace”, is designed in Chinese style featuring plum blossoms, cloud patterns
and Chinese red color. The design and managing team of the CRCC studied Moscow’s
metro design codes, and made the sketched constructions with Chinese
characteristics under the cooperation with the Beijing Urban Engineering Design
& Research Institute Co., Ltd.
“The project combines China’s advanced technologies
and Russia’s outstanding designing technics. It promotes mutual learning of
both sides, and enhances the capability of engineering design and management,”
said CRCC Russia chairman Meng Tao.
“Chinese companies are
both a constructor and a major cooperative partner of Moscow. Russia and China
still have a large space for cooperation in such projects as auxiliary
facilities along the Moscow River, old industrial zones upgrading and
the construction of new urban area,” said Khusnullin.
“It’s hoped that Russia can have more cooperation with its Chinese partners
and continuously inject vitality to the common development of both sides,” the deputy mayor said.
Chinese company commended for excellent performance in Moscow metro construction
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