Engineers persevere and impress

As the sole engineer company during the eight months in Sector East of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, the Chinese Engineer Company's 155 members completed more than 100 tasks, including building the mission camps, living quarters and Gao airport building.

The contingent faced the dual challenge of difficult engineer tasks and terrorist attacks.

"Unlike the other two Chinese teams, we had to leave our camps to complete some of the tasks. Sometimes, we would be in areas controlled by anti-government armed forces," said Zhang Wen-yong, the commissar of the engineer contingent.