By: Zhang Xiaohe
On a rainy day, some 50 kilometers east of Cairo, we witnessed how Egypt's new administrative capital is slowly rumbling to life.
Egyptian and Chinese construction workers are working side by side to transform a patch of desert into a vibrant Central Business District (CBD).
They are erecting a concrete jungle of 20 skyscrapers in the first phase of the CBD project, among which will be the tallest building in Africa, towering at 385 meters upon completion.
Phase one of the CBD project has a total construction area of about 1.7 million square meters and a contract period of 43 months, with a contract value of three billion U.S. dollars.
It is carried out by China's largest construction conglomerate, China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC).
The noisy sound of cranes, the concreting operations, and the huge steel bars being hoisted up add a sci-fi feel to the busy construction site. Undoubtedly, it's a male-dominated world, but what do women workers feel about this tough environment? CGTN spoke to three women at the construction site.
Wang Yao, the project manager
Wang Yao, 33, is a project manager at the CBD project. She is in charge of the construction site of the P3 area, which covers an area of 170,000 square meters and employs 400 workers.
Coming from a small town in southwest China's Sichuan Province, she apologized to us in advance for not being able to converse fluently in Mandarin with us.
She said most of the workers are Egyptians. Complying with local policies, the project has a 90-percent management system, which means that for every Chinese worker who enters Egypt, they have to provide working opportunities to 10 domestic workers. The workers' daily pay, together with the occasional overtime bonus, is around 300 Egyptian pounds (about 17 U.S. dollars). It's a very high salary in Egypt, she said.
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