Editor's note: China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) is responsible for the construction work on Section 2 and 3 of the Southern Expressway extension from Matara to Hambantota in Sri Lanka – one of the important cooperative projects between the two countries under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative.

This photo taken on Sept. 23, 2018 shows a small Chinese supermarket at one of the construction camps built by China State Construction Engineering Corporation in Hambantota in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. [Photo by Wang Wei/China.org.cn]