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China-Africa Salon: A stadium in 2 years, a bond of 42 -- Chinese builders share their Kenya story_我的网站

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    An aerial drone photo taken on March 19, 2025 shows the construction site of the Chinese-built Talanta Sports City in Nairobi, Kenya. (Xinhua/Han Xu)In Nairobi, a 60,000-seat football stadium is entering the final stage of construction. Built in just two years, the Talanta Stadium will serve as the main venue of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations, co-hosted by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
"The schedule was extremely tight -- just two years, while comparable projects elsewhere usually take more than three," Du Xiao, project manager of the stadium for China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), told Xinhua in a recent interview. "There is a very real sense of pride."
According to Du, the stadium has no running track, bringing spectators close to the pitch. Its seats take on the green, red and black of Kenya's national flag, while the facade features the traditional shield and spear of the Maasai people.
Upon completion, the stadium is set to be renamed the Raila Odinga International Stadium, in honor of Kenya's late former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
The roof adopts a cable-supported grid system erected with a "cable-first, steel-after" method, which Du said is the first of its kind independently designed and built by China. Without temporary steel supports, 48 radial cables are tensioned to lift six ring cables before steel trusses are laid on top, saving at least three months of construction time, with displacement controlled to the millimeter. In 2025 alone, some 1,300 containers of materials and equipment were shipped from China to the site.
For CRBC, the stadium is only the latest chapter of a much longer story. The company built its first road in Kenya in 1984, and over 42 years, its footprint has extended from roads to bridges, ports, railways and buildings.
Du Shan, the executive general manager of CRBC Kenya office, recalled that before 2008, Nairobi was cut apart by three rivers and a cross-district trip could take more than three hours. After CRBC completed the ring roads, the journey now takes about 50 minutes. The company is also expanding the A8, a national trunk road, from two lanes to four and six, she said.
On the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway, wildlife corridors were built with a clearance of more than six meters, "so that giraffes can pass with their heads held high," Du Shan said.
    Workers are engaged at the construction site of the Chinese-built Talanta Sports City in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 18, 2025. (Xinhua/Han Xu)Du Xiao arrived in Kenya in August 2011 and has worked on the ring roads, the Mombasa-Nairobi railway, the Nairobi-Malaba railway and the Nairobi Expressway before taking on the stadium project.
"Working overseas, we should not arrive thinking about changing the place. We should first adapt to and learn from the local community," he said. "What many projects truly open up is not just roads and railways, but trust between people."
The stadium sits near Kibera, Kenya's largest informal settlement. Du Xiao remembers a local young man named Sammy, who had no skills when he applied for a job but volunteered for the project's equipment training and became a pump truck operator. "I asked him why he worked so hard. He said, 'I never thought I would have the chance to touch these machines. Now I feel I can support my whole family.'"
According to Du Shan, the project recruited nearly 500 young workers from the neighborhood during construction, many of whom have qualified as assistant engineers, while about 280 local youths were mentored into technical backbones during the construction of the Mombasa-Nairobi railway.
More than 350 CRBC employees have worked overseas for over a decade, and each year the company awards them a gold medal for long-term dedication, she said. "The medal is not only an honor, but also a kind of warmth. Because 42 years -- it has truly not been easy."
When his child was born, Du Xiao was at a critical stage of the Nairobi Expressway project and could not make it home. "People in overseas engineering live in two worlds -- the project site on one side, the family on the other. All you can do is try to do a little better on each side," he said.
"Maybe I will one day leave this country. But this stadium will remain," he said. "I came here to build projects. Then I found that this country has shaped who I am today." 
。    北京日报记者 孙宏阳　　与北京环球影城一路之隔，城市副中心文旅新地标——“湾里”项目迎来重要节点。昨天，北京建筑面积最大的奥特莱斯商业综合体顺利封顶，计划年内完工。作为建在张家湾地铁车辆段上的微度假小镇，“湾里”项目汇聚多样业态，将满足不同人群购物休闲娱乐需求，为副中心经济社会发展注入强劲动力。昨天（4月22日），“湾里”项目中的奥莱商业综合体结构封顶。北京日报记者 邓伟摄　　三条地铁交会微度假小镇　　“湾里”项目由京投公司、首旅集团、北京城建集团三大市属国企联合开发建设，投资超百亿元，总开发规模约50万平方米。该项目是北京新一代TOD示范项目，以公共交通为导向进行综合开发，通俗理解就是“在地铁车辆段上盖房子”。　　西侧紧邻环球主题公园，东临东六环主路，“湾里”项目地理位置优越、交通便捷。走出地铁八通线、7号线花庄站，就是项目所在地。未来，S6线开通后，这里将有三条轨道交会。市民游客从地铁出站后，可通过连廊商业街直接进入商场和汀云小镇。　　“S6线将连接首都机场、大兴机场和副中心枢纽，京津冀范围内的游客，未来都可通过轨道交通快速直达这座度假小镇，连同环球影城、绿心公园、三大文化建筑等副中心景点，安排三天两晚的度假行程。

二 | ”环汇置业公司总经理助理周路苇介绍，市民从小镇去往环球影城，可以选择坐一站地铁，搭乘摆渡车，或者走过街天桥步行抵达。　　丰富业态打造不夜城　　登上汀云美术馆露台，可以眺望一路之隔的哈利波特城堡。作为“湾里”项目的展示中心，汀云美术馆已经建成开放，走进馆内，犹如进入洁白无瑕、闪烁光芒的云朵。“云朵”建筑周围，盖在张家湾地铁车辆段上方的汀云小镇已经启动主体结构施工。　　未来，这座小镇丰富的业态，将吸引不同人群前来休闲度假。周路苇介绍，汀云小镇四大体验中心：科学探索馆、儿童体验馆、LIVEHOUSE、汤泉生活馆，经公开招标顺利完成品牌落位。　　其中，科学探索馆将打造北京首家“中国国家地理探索中心”，以中国自然地理科学为底色，融入中生代恐龙元素，让儿童、青少年在沉浸式体验中增长知识。　　儿童体验馆将携手法国小王子IP，打造国内首家“小王子主题乐园”，其空间营造及游乐设计灵感，皆源自小王子童话中的故事场景，融汇音乐、艺术、娱乐等元素，为孩子们开启一场小王子魔法世界之旅。　　音乐主题馆是汀云小镇打造不夜城的核心引擎，将通过音乐现场、节假日活动、明星互动活动等，带来全新的夜生活社交玩乐体验。　　奥莱里“藏”着艺术中心　　昨天，“湾里”项目落地区面积最大的单体工程，同时也是北京最大奥莱商业综合体，顺利实现主体结构封顶，将全面展开室内装修、机电和室外幕墙、穹顶等施工。该建筑为钢结构框架形式，地上六层、地下两层，建筑面积近19万平方米，总高36米，钢结构约4万吨。　　从沙盘上看，这座以“空中花园”为设计灵感的商场不仅规模宏大，还很有艺术范。

三 | 空中俯瞰，可以看到3号中庭设计了从楼顶倾泻而下的瀑布，水幕高达30米。此外，奥莱商场内还“藏”了一座“湾里艺术中心”，定期举办当代艺术展览，用艺术为商业赋能。　　漫步汀云小镇，市民还可随时偶遇大型艺术装置。

四 | “我们购置了一辆1号线老列车，放置在酒店公园里，非常具有年代感，未来有望成为打卡点。”周路苇告诉记者。

五 | 　　“湾里”项目预计2024年底完工，2025年7月具备开业条件，湾里王府井奥莱、湾里诺岚酒店及汀云小镇将广迎海内外游客。届时，副中心文化旅游区将迎来新的文旅热门目的地。

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