epa09078313 General view of a construction site in the central business district of the new administrative capital, 45 kilometers east of Cairo, Egypt, 16 March 2021. Egypt started the construction of the new administrative and financial capital of Egypt, partnering with the China State Construction Engineering Company (CSCEC) as part of China's larger Belt and Road Initiative which was announced during the economic development conference in March 2015. The new city is located 45 kilometers east of Cairo, in an area halfway to the seaport city of Suez. According to the plans, main government departments and ministries will be relocated in the new city. EPA-EFE/KHALED ELFIQI

epa09078531 A view a construction site of the New Administrative Capital, 45 kilometers east of Cairo, Egypt, 16 March 2021. Egypt started the construction of the new administrative and financial capital of Egypt, partnering with the China State Construction Engineering Company (CSCEC) as part of China's larger Belt and Road Initiative which was announced during the economic development conference in March 2015. The new city is located 45 kilometers east of Cairo, in an area halfway to the seaport city of Suez. According to the plans, main government departments and ministries will be relocated in the new city. EPA-EFE/KHALED ELFIQI

epaselect epa09078297 General view of the construction site of the central business district of the new administrative capital, 45 kilometers east of Cairo, Egypt, 16 March 2021. Egypt started the construction of the new administrative and financial capital of Egypt, partnering with the China State Construction Engineering Company (CSCEC) as part of China's larger Belt and Road Initiative which was announced during the economic development conference in March 2015. The new city is located 45 kilometers east of Cairo, in an area halfway to the seaport city of Suez. According to the plans, main government departments and ministries will be relocated in the new city. EPA-EFE/KHALED ELFIQI

epa09078796 Egyptian laborers work at a construction site in the central business district of the new administrative capital, 45 kilometers east of Cairo, Egypt, 16 March 2021. Egypt started the construction of the new administrative and financial capital of Egypt, partnering with the China State Construction Engineering Company (CSCEC) as part of China's larger Belt and Road Initiative which was announced during the economic development conference in March 2015. The new city is located 45 kilometers east of Cairo, in an area halfway to the seaport city of Suez. According to the plans, main government departments and ministries will be relocated in the new city. EPA-EFE/KHALED ELFIQI

epa09078798 General view of a construction site in the central business district of the new administrative capital, 45 kilometers east of Cairo, Egypt, 16 March 2021. Egypt started the construction of the new administrative and financial capital of Egypt, partnering with the China State Construction Engineering Company (CSCEC) as part of China's larger Belt and Road Initiative which was announced during the economic development conference in March 2015. The new city is located 45 kilometers east of Cairo, in an area halfway to the seaport city of Suez. According to the plans, main government departments and ministries will be relocated in the new city. EPA-EFE/KHALED ELFIQI