The handover ceremony for China's broadband infrastructure project to the Solomon Islands was held on July 31 in the Tainaru region east of Honiara, the capital of Solomon Islands. Cai Weiming, China's ambassador to Solomon Islands, said that the project is the first preferential loan program of the Chinese aid agency and will help Solomon Islands bridge the digital divide and inject new impetus into its development. Solomon Islands Minister of Communications and Civil Aviation Colojito thanked the Chinese government for providing preferential loan support for the project, pointing out that the project improved the level of communication in Solomon Islands and was a symbol of friendship between the two countries. According to information, the project is a national digital livelihood key project in Solomon Islands, increasing the country's broadband population coverage from 56% to 86%, effectively breaking up information barriers on remote islands. The project was funded by the Export-Import Bank of China and jointly implemented by China Harbour Engineering Co., Ltd. and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

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