BRI brings hearts of Ugandan, Chinese young people closer

Liu Qi (L), a Chinese construction technician at Sinohydro Corporation Ltd., teaches his wife Betty Nabukeera Chinese at an office in Kayunga, Central Region, Uganda, Aug. 25, 2021. In Uganda, the Chinese-constructed Isimba Hydro Power Plant, a 566-million-U.S. dollar project by Sinohydro Corporation Ltd., is one of the key energy infrastructure projects under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in the east African country. During the construction of the 183 megawatts power plant, Betty Nabukeera, a local teacher, and Liu Qi, a Chinese construction technician at Sinohydro, fell in love with each other. (Xinhua/Zhang Gaiping)