en.Wedoany.com Reported - The project consortium formed by China Jiangxi International Economic and Technical Cooperation Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Jiangxi International") and Guizhou Highway Engineering Group Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Guizhou Highway Group") recently signed the construction contract for Lot 1 of the Mbonga-Lualaba River Section of National Highway No. 2 Phase II in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with the DRC Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Works. DRC Minister of Infrastructure and Public Works Alexis Banza attended the signing ceremony.
Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, Jiangxi International is a state-owned foreign economic enterprise primarily engaged in international engineering contracting, foreign investment, and trade. It has been listed among the ENR Top 250 International Contractors for many consecutive years. Guizhou Highway Group, established in 1990 and headquartered in Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, is a large state-owned highway construction enterprise in Guizhou, holding a special grade qualification for highway engineering construction general contracting. Its business covers infrastructure construction such as expressways, bridges, and tunnels. The two parties have formed a consortium to jointly undertake this national key connectivity project in the DRC.
This project is a critical section of the DRC National Highway No. 2 Phase II project, located from the central to eastern part of the DRC. According to information disclosed at the signing ceremony, the project will simultaneously incorporate underground pipeline network layout during the road planning and design phase, achieving integrated construction of roads, bridges, and pipelines. Minister Banza stated that upon completion, this road will become the DRC's first standardized four-lane dual-carriageway modern expressway. The route will connect Mbuji-Mayi, the capital of the Central Kasai Province in the central region, with Bukavu, a major city in the east, unblocking regional traffic bottlenecks and significantly enhancing east-west transportation efficiency.
The DRC covers an area of approximately 2.345 million square kilometers, making it the second-largest country in Africa. However, its road network is severely inadequate, with most existing roads being two-lane or unpaved roads in poor condition. National Highway No. 2 is an important transportation corridor connecting the central and eastern regions. The signed Lot 1 of the Mbonga-Lualaba River Section is the initial project for the modernization of this national highway. Upon completion, the project will revitalize the abundant mineral (copper, cobalt, diamonds), agricultural, and commercial logistics resources along the route, boost local employment and livelihood improvement, and contribute to the accelerated economic development of the DRC region.
The official signing of this contract marks the entry into the implementation phase of the DRC's first modern expressway and represents an important achievement in deepening infrastructure cooperation between China and the DRC. The project holds practical significance for upgrading the DRC's national road network, facilitating resource transportation, and promoting regional connectivity.
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