China's technical standards for the first time launched"
The East Coast Railway project contract amount of about 550 ringgit (about 85 billion 900 million yuan), is the largest engineering China enterprises overseas under construction, is the next few years in Malaysia and Southeast Asia's most popular super engineering. Project planning for the starting point of northern Kuala Lumpur Gombak, end point for Kelantan's Waka baruch. Line 4 states across the Malay Peninsula, connecting the East Coast States capital, important towns and Kuantan port, Kemaman port, covering about 4000000 residents along the line, will be built through the Malay Peninsula in the east-west direction of railway transportation route and economic artery, end of the east coast of Malaysia, there is no railway connection history, fill the Malay peninsula east coast no blank railway through the.
China CCCC chairman Liu Qitao in an interview with the "Global Times" reporter said, the East Coast Railway project to improve the area along the level of people's life, promote the development of industry, commerce, logistics, tourism and other industries. This is by far the largest in the history of the bilateral economic and trade cooperation projects, but also "The Belt and Road along the flagship project.
The railway project adopts China's first class passenger and freight standard electrified railway, designed passenger train speed of 160 kilometers, freight train speed of 80 kilometers, is expected to be completed in 7 years. Liu Qitao introduced, this is China's railway standards for the first time into Malaysia, but also reflects the effective convergence and integration of technical standards between China and foreign countries. "It will be the most challenging project and construction plan in Malaysia so far," said Abdul Raman, Minister of prime minister's office in Malaysia".
Promoting the development of Malaysia
Kuantan is located on the Malay Peninsula in Pahang is Malaysia's largest state, and other East Coast states, economic development and infrastructure construction lagging behind the West Coast Railway Construction has become the heart of the hope of local residents. Wang Yong said that the East Coast Railway is an important milepost in eastern Malaysia project to promote development, promote regional interoperability, after completion will lead to the development of the East Coast Economic Zone and the east coast region, promote the interconnection of Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur and east coast between the lifting position of Malaysia in Southeast Asia and influence.
Naguib said in a speech at the opening ceremony, the East Coast Railway Project will help narrow the Malaysia west coast development gap, will promote Terengganu and Pahang, Kelantan, trade and investment and employment growth, promote local education and tourism development". once the railway is fully operational, it is expected to bring 1.5% additional annual economic growth rates for the 3 states.
It is understood that the East Coast Railway Project in the development period is expected to create more than 80 thousand local jobs. Reporters at the ceremony to see the scene, many people at the scene submitted the "Sino Malaysia railway personnel training cooperation plan" application. The staff of the Global Times reporter said, "from 8 in the morning, two hours have received more than 300 applications."". It is learnt that the "Sino Malaysia railway personnel training cooperation plan" will train a total of 3600 Malaysia railway construction and operation personnel, to participate in the construction of the East Coast Railway project.
Promote ASEAN interconnection
The Reuters said Naguib announced a number of infrastructure projects funded by China in the past few months. China's direct investment inflows to Malaysia jumped by 119% in 2016, up 64% from the first quarter of 2017, according to a report.
Naguib said, for Malaysia, the East Coast Railway is to break the pattern, innovative ideas of the project. "Free Malaysia today" reported that the East Coast Railway project is "Chinese Belt and Road Initiative" initiative in the most prominent one of the project aims to create a modern "Silk Road", will be the second largest economy in the world by road corridor connecting to Southeast asia.
The East Coast Railway Project will be the same as the new million high iron, the old railway, a railway Thailand for the ASEAN interconnection and community building to provide strong support. The Thailand government last month approved the construction of the first phase of the $5 billion 500 million railway project through Laos, linking Thailand's eastern coastal industrial zone with China's Southern China region, Reuters said.
