Communication: Chinese companies can help the Egyptian Desert Change Oasis

Xinhua News Agency, Cairo, July 21st. Communication: Chinese companies help the Egyptian Desert Change Oasis

Xinhua News Agency reporter Yao Bing

In the Ming Asia province south of the Egyptian capital, a large desert is becoming an oasis. This is inseparable from the Chinese company in the Chinese enterprise that has more than 150 wells locally.

In recent years, due to the rapid growth of the population, the contradiction between Egypt's limited land and a large number of population has become increasingly prominent. In 2015, the Egyptian government proposed a new cultivation of desert cultivation to improve the desert of Ismelia, Mingya Province and other places. Zhongman Group accelerated into Egypt and established Zhongman Egypt in October 2016.

"In 2018, when we started the drilling project, the grass was not born here. Later, with the well we made, the desert gradually turned into an oasis. Now, under the water of the well water, there are crops such as beets, crickets, barley, and obtained. Harvest. "Zhou Guiqiang, the leader of Zhongman Egypt, told Xinhua News Agency reporters.

At the time of construction, the drilling team encountered many problems because the strata and geological conditions were not very well understood. Li Wei, general manager of Zhongman Egypt, said: "The well wall of Dajing Eye is unstable and is easy to collapse; the water layer is deeply buried, and it is easy to leak; passive."

The technical team of China and Egypt continued to cooperate with research, and finally overcome various technical problems, ensuring the smooth and efficient advancement of the entire project's later construction. At present, the company has completed the drilling construction of 158 saliva wells, and will complete the remaining drilling construction tasks according to the progress of the cooperation project.

"At first, we would take a while for a month, and it could be completed in about two weeks." Zhou Guiqiang said.

According to Li Wei, China Manman Egypt has provided drilling services on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt since 2017. The Chinese team's professional, high -quality and efficient services quickly won the high recognition of Egypt, and good reputation brought more cooperation opportunities.

"Our dedication is not only recognized by the partners, but also a pragmatic measure for the construction of a new cultivated land plan for the reclamation of the desert of the Egyptian government in the“ Belt and Road ”construction. We can participate in it." Zhou Guiqiang said.

The reporter saw at the scene that the fully automatic beet harvester was harvesting mature beets. More than a dozen large trucks lined up to install piles of beets and prepare to transport them to nearby sugar plants.

"This year is the second year when we grow beets here, and the output is 50%higher than last year." Allen Baldwin, the agricultural planting project manager of a joint venture built by Egypt and the UAE, told reporters that beets have to be harvested this year. Thanks to the guarantee of stable water supply for cultivated land.

Baldwin said: "In 2018, we cooperated with China Manman Egypt to explore drilling in this desert. With the assistance of the other party, we can use well water to irrigate. After the drilling project is over, there will be 330 to 350 here. Deldoid wells provide water source protection for our agricultural planting projects. "

The desert has abundant groundwater resources. The Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources has issued a water permission to this beet planting project responsible for Baldwin.

"The drilling work of Zhongman Egypt is very good. Our sugar factory is also undertaken by another Chinese company. Good cooperation has allowed us to establish deep friendship." Baldwin said, "We look forward to we continue to deepen cooperation in the future."

[Editor in charge: Wang Jianing]

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