Source: International Online
View of the new terminal building at Suvarnabhumi International Airport
International online report (reporter Li Min): Thailand is located in the central region of Southeast Asia, is also an important country along the "Belt and Road", Thailand's national development strategy and China's "Belt and Road" are deeply connected, and the cooperation between the two countries in infrastructure interconnection continues to advance. Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport is an important aviation hub in Southeast Asia, playing a very important role in the economic and social development of the Bangkok region and all of Thailand, the airport is like a city wing, the new terminal building of Suvarnabhumi International Airport built by Chinese-funded enterprises is the "new wings" of Bangkok, the "City of Angels".
In August 2017, China State Construction Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "China State Construction") successfully won the bid for the new terminal project of Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, which is a major landmark people's livelihood infrastructure project of the Thai government, which is highly valued by the Thai government and widely concerned by the society, and is also the largest project undertaken by Chinese-funded enterprises in Thailand, and is the benchmark project for China State Construction to establish its corporate image on the "Belt and Road".
At the beginning of 2020, the sudden outbreak of new crown pneumonia affected various economic activities in Thailand, and the promotion of the new terminal project was severely tested. China State Construction strictly implements the Thai government's epidemic prevention requirements to ensure that epidemic prevention and construction are not wrong. Project manager Shen Minghua told reporters that in mid-March, when the epidemic in Thailand was the worst, there were more than 1,000 people working on the site, no one was infected, and the project was never stopped. "After the outbreak of the epidemic, the impact on the project is still very large, especially the third country labor service personnel, because of the epidemic reasons to close the border (can not enter), the overall progress is relatively large." In order to complete the project with quality and quantity, our comrades have always insisted on being on the front line, even during the Spring Festival. ”
Renderings of the interior of the new terminal at Suvarnabhumi International Airport
At present, the construction of the new terminal has entered the final stage of system commissioning. Shen Minghua told reporters that there were more than 4,000 people at the site during the peak period of construction, and more than 15,000 people were employed before and after the entire project. In addition, the materials and equipment required for the construction of the project, including concrete, steel bars, steel structures, decoration materials, etc., were procured in Thailand, which led to the local economic development.
Sudara, a Thai employee who accompanied us on a tour of the construction site, was the Thai translator on the project, her first job after graduation, and she felt particularly fortunate and proud. "Chinese work is relatively fast-paced, which allows me to always maintain my enthusiasm for work, and the opportunity to work on such a large construction project and work with so many Chinese is a very rare experience," she said. Especially during the epidemic, there is no need to worry about losing our jobs, because the prevention and control measures are in place here, and our work is normal. ”
Lei Jun, deputy manager of the project's interior department, who manages a number of local construction workers, said that Chinese workers have infected and driven local workers who were originally slow to work with their diligence, and they are increasingly recognizing this management method. "Chinese is very good at doing this kind of big project in countries around the world. We arrived at the construction site at 5:30 in the morning, working 11 hours a day, working overtime until 9 or 10 o'clock in the evening when rushing to work, which is the most basic standard of Chinese architecture. At first, the local workers (Burmese laborers) arrived at work slowly and leisurely at 7:30 and 8:00, and then saw chinese workers doing this, and every morning at 6:30 they followed the Chinese workers. ”
Thai décor inside the new terminal of Suvarnabhumi Airport
This year's Spring Festival is the third Spring Festival that Lei Jun spent in Thailand, in order to rush the construction period has not been reunited with his family for three years, and the communication with his children is through mobile phone videos, but he said that it is worth it to stick to it, and he is proud to contribute to the construction of the "Belt and Road" and build an airport for Thailand under the banner of China State Construction. "I'm homesick, two kids, a 9-year-old and a 7-year-old, and I watch videos with my kids every day, and my kids watch me like they watch cartoons. Every day to talk to parents and lovers, inseparable, has been here until now, I believe that the epidemic will soon be able to take a vacation, children do not have to watch cartoons. ”
During the Spring Festival, the company held a lively and hearty dinner for Zhongtai employees, and gave dumplings to each employee, and all local employees knew that the Spring Festival was a festival for Chinese members, and they had already regarded this place as their home. Xicata, an engineer in the decoration engineering department, told reporters: "The Spring Festival company gave us a holiday and invited us to eat, there were dumplings, prawns, all kinds of seafood... Lots of dishes that made us feel very warm, like in a big family. ”
Art deco inside the new terminal of Suvarnabhumi Airport
Suvarnabhumi means "golden land" in Thai, and aren't these sweating laborers the sparkling gold of the land? The new terminal is nearing completion after 3 years of intense construction, and when viewed from above, it looks like a pair of plump wings. After the completion of the project, Suvarnabhumi Airport will increase the capacity of passenger traffic from 45 million to 60 million passengers per year, laying a solid hardware foundation for Thailand's tourism economy, bringing huge social and economic benefits to the local area, and will also establish a new milestone for China-Thailand friendship and become a new model for international cooperation along the "Belt and Road".