en.Wedoany.com Reported - Recently, at the Dalian Port terminal, CCCC First Highway Engineering Group Co., Ltd. and COFCO Group completed the loading and handover of the first batch of domestically produced flour for overseas shipment. This batch consists of 13 tons of high-quality domestic flour, which will be dispatched to East Africa to meet the living needs of employees on CCCC First Highway Engineering Group's frontline projects in Ethiopia, addressing practical issues such as the inconvenience of supplying hometown-style pasta and the long procurement cycles for daily necessities in overseas projects.
On the surface, the shipment of this domestic flour appears to be a routine transfer of daily necessities, but behind it lies an extension of the support system for Chinese enterprises' overseas projects. Overseas engineering projects are often located in areas far from central cities, with long logistics routes and insufficient living facilities. Frontline employees not only face pressures from construction, climate, and cross-cultural management but also must adapt to local dietary habits over the long term. The stable supply of daily necessities such as staple foods, condiments, and common food items directly impacts employees' work status and team stability. By collaborating with COFCO Group to promote the export and supply of domestic flour, CCCC First Highway Engineering Group has integrated the food supply chain capabilities of central SOEs into the living support chain of overseas engineering projects, providing frontline employees with more familiar and stable meal options.
At the handover site, Wang He, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Labor Union of the Overseas Branch, along with Wang Dongwei, Deputy General Manager of the Emergency Supply Department under the Brand Management Department (External Cooperation Department) of COFCO Group, jointly inspected the goods and completed the handover and acceptance. After confirmation, the goods entered the loading process and will subsequently be shipped via international logistics routes to the project sites in Ethiopia.
For overseas engineering enterprises, ensuring the supply of daily necessities is not a temporary logistical task but an integral part of project execution capabilities. Large-scale infrastructure projects have long cycles, large workforces, and dispersed work sites. If living support relies on fragmented procurement, it is vulnerable to local supply conditions, taste differences, price fluctuations, and transportation delays. Through collaboration between central SOEs, CCCC First Highway Engineering Group can more closely connect mature domestic food supply chains with the needs of overseas projects, while COFCO Group can leverage its capabilities in grain, oil, and food production, quality control, warehousing, and emergency supply to provide more standardized material support solutions for overseas engineering projects.
This export of domestic flour also serves as a demonstration. It is not merely about shipping a batch of food overseas but about establishing a more replicable support pathway based on the real needs of employees on overseas projects. In the future, similar mechanisms can be expanded to include categories such as rice, flour, oil, condiments, instant foods, holiday supplies, and emergency living kits, integrated with overseas project camp management, canteen supply, employee care, and union services. For frontline personnel stationed overseas long-term, having a stable supply of authentic hometown pasta not only enhances convenience but also strengthens team cohesion.
Subsequent milestones will focus on the receipt and distribution of the goods upon arrival in Ethiopia, feedback from project canteens on actual usage, and whether CCCC First Highway Engineering Group and COFCO Group will continue to expand cooperation on material supply for overseas projects. If the transportation and use of the first batch of flour proceed smoothly, the two parties may transform this single-batch handover into a regular supply mechanism. For Chinese enterprises "going global," engineering capabilities, supply chain capabilities, and employee support capabilities are forming new synergies, and the resource coordination among central SOEs will provide more detailed support for the stable operation of overseas projects.
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