Construction machinery firms reap BRI rewards

Overseas projects help offset slowing growth prospects at home

Buoyed by the huge growth potential, construction machinery makers from China are making concerted efforts to cash in on market opportunities arising from the Belt and Road Initiative.

Liu Jiansen, vice-president of Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group, said the company's exports to other economies involved in the BRI accounted for 70 percent of the total shipments.