Colombo Port City
Colombo Port City is currently Sri Lanka’s largest foreign investment project located in Colombo’s central business district. It will be built on land reclaimed from the sea adjacent to the existing Port of Colombo. It will feature a golf course, hotels, shopping malls, waterparks, condominiums and a marina.
The project will be implemented by the Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC) and the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA). Rather than being an inter-governmental project, it relies on public-private partnerships for funding. The Sri Lankan government is responsible for environmental impact assessment, overall planning, and contractor licensing. Chinese companies will focus on funding, project planning, construction, and operations management.
The Port City will involve a combined floor area of over 5.3 million square meters, with an initial direct investment of US$1.4 billion. It is expected to attract further development investment of US$13 billion, and create 83,000 long-term jobs.
After groundbreaking on September 17, 2014, the project was delayed as a result of Sri Lanka’s general election and subsequent transfer of power to a new administration. After repeated efforts by China, a new tripartite agreement to proceed with the construction of the project was signed in August 2016 between Sri Lanka’s Urban Development Authority, the Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development, and the China Harbor Engineering Company.
科倫坡港口城
科倫坡港口城是目前斯里蘭卡最大的外國(guó)投資項(xiàng)目，位于首都科倫坡核心商貿(mào)區(qū)，通過(guò)在科倫坡港口附近填海造地的方式，建造一個(gè)有高爾夫球場(chǎng)、酒店、購(gòu)物中心、水上運(yùn)動(dòng)區(qū)、公寓和游艇碼頭在內(nèi)的港口城。該項(xiàng)目由中國(guó)交通建設(shè)股份有限公司與斯里蘭卡國(guó)家港務(wù)局共同開發(fā)。該項(xiàng)目并非兩國(guó)的政府間項(xiàng)目，而是公私合營(yíng)（PPP）的投融資項(xiàng)目，即由斯里蘭卡政府負(fù)責(zé)環(huán)境、規(guī)劃和施工許可，中國(guó)企業(yè)負(fù)責(zé)投融資、規(guī)劃、施工和運(yùn)營(yíng)。按最初計(jì)劃，該港口城規(guī)劃建筑規(guī)模超過(guò)530萬(wàn)平方米，工程直接投資14億美元，將帶動(dòng)二級(jí)開發(fā)投資約130億美元，為斯里蘭卡創(chuàng)造超過(guò)8.3萬(wàn)個(gè)長(zhǎng)期就業(yè)崗位。該項(xiàng)工程于2014年9月17日開工，后因斯里蘭卡大選以及政府更迭等因素影響，建設(shè)進(jìn)展有所延宕。經(jīng)中方多方面交涉，在2016年8月簽署新的三方協(xié)議后，該工程項(xiàng)目得以繼續(xù)推進(jìn)。