China-Maldives Friendship Bridge brings convenience for locals

Xinhua | Updated: 2019-09-04 07:00
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Aerial photo taken on Sept 1, 2019 shows the China-Maldives Friendship Bridge in Maldives. The China-Maldives Friendship Bridge, the first cross-sea bridge in the Maldives built by a Chinese company connecting the Maldivian capital of Male with neighboring Hulhule Island, was inaugurated on Aug 30, 2018 and put into use on Sept 7, 2018. The 2-km-long bridge is an iconic project of the Maldives and China in co-building the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. The bridge makes it possible for locals and tourists to travel between the two islands within five minutes. In one year, the bridge has brought great convenience for local people in their daily life. [Photo/Xinhua]

MALE - The China-Maldives Friendship Bridge, the first cross-sea bridge in the Maldives built by a Chinese company, makes Aisha, a 17-year-old school girl, grin broadly.

She no longer needs to get up at 5 o'clock in the morning to catch the ferries for school, nor does she have to be worried that the ferries would be suspended due to extreme sea conditions.

Aisha is thus among the locals and foreign tourists who applaud the bridge connecting the Maldivian capital of Male with neighboring Hulhule island, where the Indian Ocean island nation's only international airport is located.

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