Funan Techno Canal task in Cambodia
On August 5th this year, the construction of 1 of Cambodia's most crucial infrastructure investment projects, Funan Techno Canal Project, began with the ceremonial foundation stone laying. The canal will connect the capital of the country, Phnom Penh, through a section of the Mekong River to the Kep Province, a midwife in south Cambodia. This solution will supply Cambodia's capital with access to the Thai Gulf and the only inland port of Shianoukville, thereby reducing Cambodia's dependence on Vietnamese ports.
The canal will be 180 km long, 100 metres wide and 5.4 metres deep. The cost of its construction, which lasts for 4 years, will amount to USD 1.7 billion (about PLN 6.7 billion).
The general contractor of the task will be China Road and Bridge corp (chin. 中国路桥工程总公司), which will receive the right to manage the channel for 50 years after it has been commissioned. Ships with a displacement of up to 3000 tonnes will be able to decision through the fresh channel. The channel will execute not only transport functions but besides irrigation functions. The Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Manet, who attended the inauguration ceremony, stated, among others, that the channel would strengthen “national prestiz, territorial integrity and improvement of Cambodia”.
Cambodia is 1 of China's most crucial diplomatic and economical partners in Southeast Asia. Chinese presence in Cambodia is highly visible. Companies from the mediate East implement projects of economical zones, highways, power stations, airports, settlements, hotels, etc. financed by the Chinese side. Chinese banks are liable for the financial side of infrastructure projects. It is estimated that nearly 40% of over US$11 billion abroad debt Cambodia is debt to China.
Based on:
- baijiahao.baidu.com;
- 163.com;
New atomic reactors in China
The Council of the PRC approved the construction of 11 atomic reactors at 6 locations, in JiangSu, ShanDong, GuangDong, Zhejiang and GuangXi provinces. The full value of these investments will be at least 220 billion RMB, or about 120 billion PLN, and the implementation of these investments will take about 5 years. A peculiar of these projects is the second phase of the construction of a atomic power plant in JiangSu Province. It includes the usage of the 2 latest HuaLong-1 reactors (chin. 华龙一号). These are advanced temperature 3rd generation gas-cooled (HTGR) reactors. This power plant will supply heat to LianYunGang Chemical manufacture Park (chin. 连云港) located close the area. This is the first specified case in the past of atomic energy projects in China. If it produces the expected effects from an engineering and economical point of view, it will open up a fresh space for the usage of atomic energy in industry.
China is the planet leader in atomic energy development. They're building more atomic reactors than any another country in the world. Forecasts indicate that the mediate State will surpass the number of atomic power plants in France and the US by 2030, becoming the world's largest atomic power producer.
According to the Chinese atomic Energy Association (CNEA, chin. 中国核能协会) there are presently 56 reactors in China, and their combined power corresponds to about 5% of the full electricity request in the country.
Over the last 2 years, the State Council has approved the construction of 10 fresh reactors each year and plans to proceed this process for the next 3 to 5 years. The aim is to guarantee that by 2035 the share of atomic power generation in the Chinese energy structure reaches around 10% and by 2060 around 18%. It is besides expected that around 2030 the mature technology of 4th generation atomic reactors will be put into commercial use.
Based on:
- finance.sina.com.cn;
- finance.eastmoney.com;
- 163.com;
Author: 梁安基 Andrzej Z. Liang, 上海 Shanghai, 中国 China
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