Xi announces opening of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge

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Xi announces opening of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
By Kathy Zhang and He Shusi in Zhuhai, Guangdong | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2018-10-23 10:04
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201810/23/WS5bce81a1a310eff303283f70_2.html

President Xi Jinping announces the opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge at an opening ceremony in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong province, Oct 23, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]
ZHUHAI – President Xi Jinping announced the opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge at an opening ceremony in the city of Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, on Tuesday morning.

Leading officials from Guangdong and the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions attended the 9 am ceremony, which takes place at the passenger clearance building of the Zhuhai Port.

There were hundreds representing the roughly 50,000 construction workers and engineers from the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong and Macao SARs who built the mega bridge, including leading engineers and designers.

Representatives of bridge operators from the three cities also attended the grand opening. These include HZMB Authority, immigration and customs officers from the ports in Zhuhai, and in the Hong Kong and Macao SARs.

The 55-kilometer bridge-island-tunnel complex, the first sea span across the Pearl River Estuary linking its west and east banks, becomes the premier sea-crossing in the world.

The bridge is the result of five years of feasibility research and another nine years of construction. The mega cross-boundary complex officially opens to traffic at 9 am on Wednesday.

Looking ahead, the bridge is expected to strengthen trade, financial collaboration, logistics and tourism among the three places.

It will bring residents in Hong Kong, Macao and Guangdong within a "one-hour living circle", which is expected to attract more visitors to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

An Baijie contributed to the story.

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. [Photo/Xinhua]

Aerial photo taken on Sept 27, 2016 shows the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge under construction in the Lingdingyang waters, South China. [Photo/Xinhua]

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and tunnel seen on Sunday, as final preparations were made for its opening on Wednesday. [Photo by Vincent Chan/ for China Daily]

 

[atan651]

A new Wonder of the World! Only China has the knowhow and money to undertake such a supermega project - very impressive indeed!

 

[JSCh]

 

[AndrewJin]

Good.
Last time I took a boat from HK to Macao, the price and time was ridiculous.

Pearl River Delta's GDP has already surpassed 1.7 trillion dollar.
This bridge will further accelerate PRD's speed into the future.

 

[LKJ86]

 

[moweike]

On youtube,I saw many jealous Westerners.

 

[SuvarnaTeja]

Simply Amazing. Chinese are great builders.

 

[TaiShang]

This bridge will create another bay economic area, joining the ranks of (and surpassing) NY, SF and Tokyo Bay Areas.

 

[Cybernetics]

Nice to see dolphins swimming in the delta.

A new Wonder of the World! Only China has the knowhow and money to undertake such a supermega project - very impressive indeed!

At the outset of of the project in 2007, the Chinese engineers responsible for the island and tunnel section were looking at acquiring engineering consulting services from countries like the Netherlands since they had a lot of experience in the area of immersed roadway tunnels and hold core technologies while China at the time was technologically lacking in this area. The issue in the end was price for firms that were capable. For some other foreign firms, they thought the task was too difficult/risky thus refused the project.

Eventually the engineers realized, the only way to make this project viable was to do the core parts of the project themselves. This is significant for China because in this process China developed its own core technologies, design innovations, and set industrial standards for domestic infrastructure.

A by-product of HK-Zhuhai-Macao bridge is "Zhenhua 30" floating crane, capable of lifting 12,000 tones and 7,000 tones with 360 degrees of rotation. It was built for placing the final joining piece of the immersed tunnels.

https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/crane-vessel-sets-lift-record

 

[JSCh]

 

[TaiShang]

 

[Place Of Space]

Political influence seems bigger than economic influence.

 

[AndrewJin]

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Near 2 trillion dollar economy!

 

[AndrewJin]

Zhuhai Entrance

 

[kuge]

Nice to see dolphins swimming in the delta.

At the outset of of the project in 2007, the Chinese engineers responsible for the island and tunnel section were looking at acquiring engineering consulting services from countries like the Netherlands since they had a lot of experience in the area of immersed roadway tunnels and hold core technologies while China at the time was technologically lacking in this area. The issue in the end was price for firms that were capable. For some other foreign firms, they thought the task was too difficult/risky thus refused the project.

Eventually the engineers realized, the only way to make this project viable was to do the core parts of the project themselves. This is significant for China because in this process China developed its own core technologies, design innovations, and set industrial standards for domestic infrastructure.

A by-product of HK-Zhuhai-Macao bridge is "Zhenhua 30" floating crane, capable of lifting 12,000 tones and 7,000 tones with 360 degrees of rotation. It was built for placing the final joining piece of the immersed tunnels.
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https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/crane-vessel-sets-lift-record

love the dolphins...