Sri Lanka's President Disanajak said on September 17 that the rebuilding of the project is a real picture of the close communication and cooperation between the two countries and the good development of bilateral relations, and Sri Lanka thanked China for helping during the economic crisis.

On the same day, Disanaq attended the reconstruction ceremony of the first section of the project of the Central Highway of Sri Lanka, built in China. In his speech, he said that the project was an important national project in Sri Lanka, and thanked China for helping Sri Lanka to improve the social economy and living standards of its people. The project witnessed reconstruction and pushed Sri Lanka out of the economic crisis and shifted toward stable development.

China's ambassador to Sri Lanka, Zhang Zhonghong, said that the Central Highway project is a key project for Sri Lanka to get out of trouble and realize revitalization, but also a new iconic project for the friendship of the two peoples of China. hopes and believes that the parties concerned will adhere to the spirit of honest and pragmatic cooperation to promote the construction of the project, ensure high-quality completion in time, and soon build the people of Foz Sri Lanka.

According to the project manager, the Central Highway project in the future will connect the capital of Sri Lanka, Colombo, with the central city of Conti, and interconnection with the three existing highways, making the local highways connected into a network.Sri Lanka's Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation, Bimar Rattanak said that the project will greatly improve the efficiency and convenience of the highway network, benefiting two-thirds of Sri Lanka's provinces, and will directly promote the development of industries such as tourism, transport, agricultural products processing.