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  • BRI provides infrastructure improvement, employment in Sri Lanka, BRISL founding director

    Since Sri Lanka becoming a member of BRI, there are a lot of infrastructure improvement and a lot of employment provided, said Maya Majueran, founding director of Belt & Road Initiative Sri Lanka (BRISL), during the Second Conference of the Belt and Road Economic Information Partnership held on September 27, 2023 in east China's Shanghai.

    November24,2023


  • China, Sri Lanka vow to deepen bilateral ties

    Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe met here on Monday with visiting Chinese State Councilor Shen Yiqin, with both sides pledging to deepen cooperation and friendship between the two countries.

    November21,2023


  • Providing safe drinking water for BRI partners

    In April this year, Wei Yuansong, a professor from the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), received a sincere blessing from villagers in Sri Lanka as the Triple Gem in Buddhism is seen as priceless in the world.

    October13,2023


  • Sri Lankan trade minister, business leaders, executives to attend Chinese trade fairs

    Minister of Trade, Commerce and Food Security Nalin Fernando will represent Sri Lanka at the 7th China-South Asia Exposition (CSAE) and 27th China (Kunming) Import & Export Fair, which will be held from Aug. 16 to Aug. 20, the ministry said in a press release on Monday.

    August15,2023


  • Sinopec begins fuel delivery to Sri Lanka

    Sinopec, a leading international petroleum company which signed an agreement with Sri Lanka, brought its first cargo of fuel to be distributed in the local market, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara said on Tuesday.

    August01,2023


  • Sri Lanka, China sign agreement to jointly build South Asia commercial, logistics hub

    Sri Lanka Ports Authority, a local civil engineering enterprise and China Merchants Port Holdings signed an agreement here on Friday to jointly build the South Asia commercial and logistics hub in Colombo Port.

    April23,2023


  • Thailand is ready to take over BIMSTEC's chairmanship

    Mr. Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, the Thai government spokesman, announced that Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Prayut Chan-o-cha will attend and address the Fifth Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit.

    March30,2022


  • Colombo Port City to be part of Asia's growth story: Sri Lankan state minister

    Sri Lanka's Colombo Port City project will be a part of Asia's growth story and investors from around the world are invited to participate, State Minister of Money and Capital Markets and State Enterprise Reform Ajith Nivard Cabraal said here Wednesday.

    June10,2021


  • Sri Lanka receives another batch of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines

    The Sri Lankan government has received another batch of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines donated by the Chinese government as the island country looks to vaccinate its citizens against the virus.

    May27,2021


  • China-constructed water supply project in Sri Lanka completed

    Constructed by China National Aero-Technology International Engineering Corporation (AVIC-ENG) and China Geo-Engineering Corporation, Sri Lanka Katana water supply project was completed on Monday in Negombo, a city located in the north of Colombo.

    March26,2021


  • Chinese cities donate anti-epidemic materials to Sri Lanka

    Anti-epidemic materials donated by the local governments of Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu have been handed over to the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) at an official ceremony.

    March18,2021


  • China to donate 300,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine to Sri Lanka

    China will donate 300,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Sri Lanka to jointly fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

    January28,2021


  • Interview: Sri Lanka to gain from Chinese trade, investment, says diplomat

    Sri Lanka stands to gain from greater Chinese trade and investment, a Sri Lankan diplomat has said.

    October21,2020


  • Xinhua Headlines: 6 years on, Colombo Port City set to boost Sri Lanka's economic growth

    In September 2014, Chinese President Xi Jinping and then Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa jointly inaugurated cooperation project Colombo Port City.

    September27,2020


  • Belt and Road Countries --- Sri Lanka

    China and Sri Lanka signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Beijing on December 9, 2014.

    September14,2020


  • China Development Bank, Sri Lanka's Bank of Ceylon ink "cloud cooperation agreement" on Tue.

    Guangxi Branch of China Development Bank (CDB) and Sri Lanka's Bank of Ceylon (BOC) signed a cooperation agreement on Tuesday.

    July01,2020


  • Feature: Chinese-made train makes mountain rail travel in Sri Lanka smoother than ever

    Sri Lanka has always been regarded by travel enthusiasts as "a country with the most beautiful railway network in the world."

    November14,2019


  • Sri Lanka declares China-funded port city as urban development area

    The Sri Lankan government has declared a mega China-funded Port City as an urban development area under the state-owned Urban Development Authority (UDA).

    August22,2019


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