Aerial photo taken on Dec. 2, 2021 shows a panoramic view of Colombo’s Port City in Sri Lanka. (China’s CHEC Port City Colombo (Pvt) Ltd./Handout via Xinhua)
COLOMBO– In the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, a “city of the future” is rising from the sea.
Aerial photo taken on Nov. 26, 2021 shows a panoramic view of Colombo’s Port City in Sri Lanka. (China’s CHEC Port City Colombo (Pvt) Ltd./Handout via Xinhua)
The Port City Colombo project, located near Colombo’s central business district, is a large-scale investment project jointly developed by the China Harbour Engineering Company and the Sri Lankan government.
Children play at the artificial beach in Colombo’s Port City, Sri Lanka, Dec. 3, 2021. (Xinhua/Tang Lu)
Regarded as a model of cooperation between China and Sri Lanka in jointly building the Belt and Road, the project is reshaping the local economy, generating new opportunities for regional growth, and emerging as a booster for future economic development.
People enjoy their leisure time in the sea near the artificial beach in Colombo’s Port City, Sri Lanka, Dec. 21, 2021. (Xinhua/Tang Lu)
