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投資項目，位于首都科倫坡核心商貿區，通過在科倫坡港口附近填海造地的方式，建造一個有高爾夫球場、酒店、購物中心、水上運動區、公寓和游艇碼頭在內的港口城。該項目由中國交通建設股份有限公司與斯里蘭卡國家港務局共同開發。該項目并非兩國的政府間項目，而是公私合營（PPP）的投融資項目，即由斯里蘭卡政府負責環境、規劃和施工許可，中國企業負責投融資、規劃、施工和運營。按最初計劃，該港口城規劃建筑規模超過530萬平方米，工程直接投資14億美元，將帶動二級開發投資約130億美元，為斯里蘭卡創造超過8.3萬個長期就業崗位。該項工程于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，建設進展有所延宕。經中方多方面交涉，在2016年8月簽署新的三方協議后，該工程項目得以繼續推進。