(ECNS) -- The Dasherkandi Sewage Treatment Plant, the first large-scale modern sewage treatment facility in Bangladesh, is yet another example of how the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) benefits local population in participating countries, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning at a press conference on Wednesday.
Mao said, as the largest monolithic sewage treatment plant in South Asia to date, the Dasherkandi Sewage Treatment Plant can provide sewage treatment service to 5 million people in Dhaka, which can help significantly increase local people’s living standard.
Over the past ten years since its inception, the BRI has created 420,000 jobs and lifted almost 40 million people out of poverty outside China, she added.
According to data from the World Bank, by 2030, Belt and Road cooperation is expected to increase trade by between 2.8 and 9.7 percent for participating countries and between 1.7 and 6.2 percent for the world, and this is expected to increase global real income by 0.7 to 2.9 percent.
It is reported that Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and other political dignitaries, who attended the inauguration of the plant a few days ago, spoke highly of China’s implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative, which helped improve the ecological environment as well as local people’s life in Bangladesh.
Mao stated that China stands ready to work with the rest of the world to continue promoting high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, so as to contribute to global economic recovery and sustainable development.
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