A Chinese engineer helps to give the World Cup a home

Huang Taorui is proud to be able to contribute to the ongoing 2022 FIFA World Cup as a staff member of a Chinese company by putting his engineering knowledge and rich work experience to work.

The 36-year-old began working on building Lusail Stadium — Qatar's biggest sports facility and the main venue of the global soccer championship — as deputy project manager in November 2016.

With an area of 190,000 square meters, the golden bowl-shaped venue was built by China Railway Construction Corp International.

Located in Lusail, some 20 kilometers north of Doha, Qatar's capital, the stadium was completed in September last year after nearly five years of work.

Born in Shizuishan in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, Huang was admitted to the civil engineering program at Tongji University in Shanghai in 2005. Later, in 2014, he joined State-owned CRCC.

The stadium can accommodate up to 80,000 spectators.

As the main venue for the World Cup and with the most complex system, the highest design standards and the most advanced technologies, construction of the stadium has not been easy.

"During the process, we made every effort to ensure a high degree of construction accuracy and safety," he said. "Meanwhile, we also introduced some advanced Chinese technologies to the project."

"Another difficulty was the six-month season of extremely hot weather," he said. "To keep the workers healthy, we equipped the dormitories and construction site with air conditioning, showers and water dispensers with mixed glucose water. Some workers fought the heat by wearing special icewater vests to cool their bodies."

Huang returned to China in June.

"I am proud to have the chance to bring 'Made in China' overseas," he said. "I will continue to try my best to show the strength of Chinese technology at home and abroad."