Chinese assistance holds key for Zambia
China DailyPeople attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the Zambia-China Friendship Road in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, on May 27. WANG CHUNYAN/XINHUA Sustained financial assistance from China has significantly improved connectivity in Zambia, producing major projects that have formed the backbone of the country's infrastructure, said experts. "China has contributed more to Zambia's infrastructure than any other country," said Francis Mwape Ndilila, founding partner at Ndilila Associates Architects, a major architectural designer based in the African country's capital Lusaka. "If you remove the infrastructure built by the Chinese, there wouldn't be much left," he said, highlighting the profound dependency on these projects for the country's infrastructure backbone, including the Mukuku Bridge, the country's longest bridge and the 500-kilometer road linking Kasanka National Park with Luapula. The roads, bridges and other projects, many of which were built with loans from China, have opened up new areas, driving long-term economic growth and development, and provided many employment opportunities for locals, he said.
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