Bolivia's Minister of Public Works, Services and Housing Edgar Montano on Dec 11 visited the El Sillar road project being built by Sinohydro Bureau 11 Co -- a subsidiary of POWERCHINA -- to make an on-site assessment of the progress.

The minister asked about the difficulties being encountered in the current construction and urged the POWERCHINA project department to speed up work there, while continuing to do a great job in the prevention of COVID-19 epidemic.

Edgar Montano, Bolivia's Minister of Public Works, Services and Housing, visits the construction site of the El Sillar road project on Dec 11. [Photo/POWERCHINA]

POWERCHINA is the first company in Bolivia to fully resume work and production. Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus epidemic, it has strictly implemented various epidemic prevention measures and there has been no case of infection.

This reflected POWERCHINA's sense of social responsibility and care as a leading multinational, but also set an example for local companies in epidemic prevention and control and resumption of production.

During the epidemic, more than 500 jobs were provided to the local area, directly or indirectly benefiting an average of 2,500 families.

The infrastructure construction group has made positive contributions to improving local people's livelihoods, establishing a good overseas image for State-owned enterprises and promoting local economic development.