Big achievement

The world’s highest bridge has officially opened to traffic in China (“World’s highest bridge opens to traffic in China,” Sept.28, Gulf Today website).

According to the report, The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge towers 625 metres (2,051 feet) above a river and vast gorge in the country’s rugged southern province of Guizhou, also home to the 565-metre Beipanjiang Bridge that is now the world’s second highest. Live drone footage broadcast by state media on Sunday showed vehicles traversing the immense structure, its blue support towers partially engulfed in clouds.

The People’s Republic of China was established on October 1, 1949, marking the end of a civil war and the defeat of the Nationalist government, which has surprised the world by lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, a success achieved through broad-based economic reforms, industrialisation.

China has achieved another milestone with the opening of the world’s highest bridge to traffic that will definitely be beneficial for the people of China. The success story of the China model is one of the best examples for the developing world to follow and make their countries great.

Salman Ahmed
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