China Everbright International Ltd.

29/12/2002

Qingzhou Bridge Commenced Operation

The Map of Qingzhou Bridge (zoom in on the map)

Fuzhou Qingzhou Bridge is invested and constructed by China Everbright International Limited (“Everbright International”). After four years of construction, the Bridge was completed and passed for quality check on 25 December 2002. The structure of the Bridge is cable-stayed bridge, with twin pylons and two planes of cables. With a main span of 605 meters, it is the longest cable-stayed span structure in the world. According to the PRC media, the Bridge has been selected by the Worldwide Bridge Conference, to be held in Shanghai in 2004, as one of the twenty most representative bridges in China.

Qingzhou Bridge, located in the center of the transportation hub, connects Mawei Economic Development Zone in Fuzhou in the north and links Changle City in the south. It is a major bridge connecting the “Tongsan Expressway” (a coastal expressway in eastern China that runs from Heilongjiang in the north to Hainan Province in the south) over Minjiang (towards south passing through Quanzhou and Xiamen and towards north passing through Wenzhou in Zhejiang and Ningbo. It is also a short cut for Fuzhou City to Changle International Airport.

Qingzhou Bridge commenced its trial test on 28 December 2002 and official commercial operation started on 29 December 2002. Luo Chang Highway (an important section of “Tongsan Expressway” in Fujian) which passes through this Bridge to reach Minjiang also commences operation. With approval from relevant parties in Fujian and Fuzhou City, Fuzhou Guang Min Road and Bridge Construction & Development Company Limited, a subsidiary of Everbright International possesses the rights to charge toll fees from automobiles.