BEIJING: More than 200 Chinese personnel of the Harbin ElectricInternational (HEI) have been airlifted from Tianjin Binhai InternationalAirport to Pakistan by a chartered flight to resume work on Jamshoro PowerStation Construction Project and Binjiasheng Phase III Power Station andPower Transmission and Transformation Project.
After the arrival of the charter flights of Harbin Electric Internationaland its partners to Pakistan, they have been quarantined for 14 days instrict accordance with the epidemic prevention requirements, accordingSina.com, a Chinese news portal.
After the quarantine period expires, they will immediately enter the siteand start the project construction after confirmation their health status.
According to the report, since the end of January, Harbing ElectricInternational has dispatched personnel in a timely manner during the earlystage of the novel coronavirus epidemic in China for overseas to supportmarket development and project implementation.
Since the outbreak of the global pandemic, HEI as the general contractor ofthe project, has resolutely implemented various deployment requirements forepidemic prevention and formulated strict epidemic prevention and controlmeasures and emergency plans, and spared no effort to protect the healthand safety of overseas employees.
It said, the construction of the “Belt and Road” projects progressed in anorderly manner, and excellent answers were handed in during resumption ofwork and production.
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Especially at present, after the resumption of travelling between some ofthe projects in the country and China, HEI has given full attention to itsgeneral contracting role, timely organized and coordinated variouscooperation units, and sent additional personnel to various overseas sites.
Pakistan Jamshoro Power Generation Project and Binjiasheng Phase IIIproject are two key construction projects of HEI in Pakistan, which willhelp alleviate Pakistan’s power supply shortage, enhance country’sequipment manufacturing industry and promote both China-Pakistan friendshipand production capacity cooperation have important strategic significance.
At present, there are more than 200 Chinese employees on the Jamshoroproject site and more than 800 Pakistani employees. The project has enteredthe peak of construction and a large number of construction andinstallation works have been fully implemented.
The Binjiasheng Phase III project has more than 80 Chinese employees and300 Pakistani employees. The project is proceeding intensively and in anorderly manner, it concluded.
