After more than five years of construction, the Central Business District of Egypt's new administrative capital, built by Chinese enterprises, has begun to take shape, which is not only a model of China-Egypt cooperation in building the "Belt and Road", but also a "new pyramid" in the mouth of the local people.
The local climate is hot and dry, with maximum temperatures of 50 degrees Celsius, and the building's curtain wall needs to have strong sun protection and high temperature resistance. Egypt's new administrative capital, the Central Business District, consists of 20 individual high-rise buildings, with a total area of 780,000 square meters of curtain walls to be installed. The Chinese builders who came from afar used "Chinese wisdom" to solve many problems in construction, and used "Chinese speed" to help improve construction efficiency, and draped the curtain wall as a "sunscreen clothing" on every building. At the same time, through the "passing, helping and leading" of Chinese staff, about 200 local employees in the Central Business District project of Egypt's new administrative capital not only participated in the construction of their country's new administrative capital, but also gained rich skills and experience.
It is expected that by March 2024, the curtain walls of the buildings of the Central Business District project of Egypt's new administrative capital will be fully installed. The "new pyramid" covered with "sun-protective clothing" will witness the steady and far-reaching cooperation and friendship between China and Egypt, as well as between China and Arab countries.
On August 17, 2023, staff inspect the thickness of the coating film of export profiles at the Zhongjian decorative curtain wall processing plant in Wuhan. Xinhua News Agency (photo courtesy of China Construction Shenzhen Decoration Co., Ltd.)
On November 27, 2023, Xu Xiaoxiao (right), project manager of China State Construction Shenzhen Decoration Company, and Ahmed Saeed, a curtain wall engineer from Egypt, inspected the installation progress of the curtain wall at the construction site of the central business district of Egypt's new administrative capital, east of Cairo, Egypt (mobile phone shot). Xinhua News Agency (photo courtesy of China Construction Shenzhen Decoration Co., Ltd.)
This is the iconic tower (center) of Egypt's new administrative capital, taken east of Cairo, Egypt, on November 22, 2023. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Sui Xiankai
A crane lifts a curtain wall at the construction site of Egypt's new administrative capital, the Central Business District, east of Cairo, Egypt, on November 22, 2023. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Sui Xiankai
Workers install a curtain wall at the construction site of Egypt's new administrative capital, the Central Business District, east of Cairo, Egypt, on November 22, 2023. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Sui Xiankai
This is the building with the curtain wall installed taken on November 22, 2023 in the Central Business District, Egypt's new administrative capital, east of Cairo, Egypt. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Sui Xiankai
Workers inspect the installed glass curtain wall at the construction site of Egypt's new administrative capital, the Central Business District, east of Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 22, 2023. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Sui Xiankai
On the evening of May 28, 2023, workers carry out curtain wall installation work at the construction site of the central business district of Egypt's new administrative capital, east of Cairo, Egypt (mobile phone photo). Due to the high daytime temperatures, workers often have to work at night. Xinhua News Agency (photo courtesy of China Construction Shenzhen Decoration Co., Ltd.)
This is the Central Business District of Egypt's new administrative capital under construction, taken east of Cairo, Egypt, June 28, 2023 (drone photo). Xinhua News Agency (Photo courtesy of China Construction Egypt Branch/Photo by Li Binghong)
Workers install a curtain wall at the construction site of Egypt's new administrative capital, the Central Business District, east of Cairo, Egypt, on November 22, 2023. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Dongzhen
This is a building with a glass curtain wall photographed on November 22, 2023, in the Central Business District, Egypt's new administrative capital, east of Cairo, Egypt. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Dongzhen
Crews inspect the glass curtain wall to be installed at the construction site of Egypt's new administrative capital, the Central Business District, east of Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 22, 2023. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Dongzhen