Chinese-backed Kyaukphyu deep-sea port project gets real

Chinese-backed Kyaukphyu deep-sea port project gets real

Chinese firm CITIC has invited interested companies to submit a bid in order to conduct social and environmental assessments for the construction of its Rakhine-based Kyaukphyu deep-sea port project. Proposals are due by the first week of February. T
China’s Kyaukphyu deep-sea port gets closer to becoming reality

China’s Kyaukphyu deep-sea port gets closer to becoming reality

As previously reported, one of the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor’s main components, the Kyaukphyu Economic Zone has inched one step closer this week to becoming reality. Part of the global Belt and Road Initiative aiming to connect China to g
Construction of China-backed Kyaukphyu deep-sea port to start soon

Construction of China-backed Kyaukphyu deep-sea port to start soon

Part of the Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Rakhine State and a key component to the China Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC), itself part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the construction of Kyaukphyu deep-sea port is slated to kick off
Four new projects unveiled as part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Four new projects unveiled as part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

The Ministry of Construction unveiled four projects to be implemented under China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), including expressways, a bridge and a tunnel, which will form crucial links in trade routes with China, as reported by The

China eyes Ayeyarwady as potential shipping channel

To overcome Myanmar’s underdeveloped roadway infrastructure, China could be turning to the Ayeyarwady River. The country has been conducting feasibility studies for ports that will link Yunnan with Mandalay and Yangon. The developments would be

Mandalay-Muse railway work to begin next year

Preliminary work on a railway project connecting Muse, near the China border, with Mandalay is due to begin next year. U Myat Thu, Mandalay Minister for Planning and Finance, told a daily that the line is among nine “essential projects” that form