On October 23, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge celebrated the seventh anniversary of its opening to traffic. This super project spanning the Lingdingyang estuary has not only promoted the rapid integration of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao and driven significant economic growth over the past seven years, becoming a vibrant "golden corridor," but has also demonstrated the hard strength of China's infrastructure construction. Behind this world-class project, Sunward Intelligent Equipment, with its independently developed super equipment, provided key technical support for the bridge's construction, showcasing the outstanding quality of "Made in China."

△This is the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge in the morning light (drone photo taken on December 15, 2023). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Dawei

        As the world's longest sea-crossing bridge, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge faced numerous challenges during construction, including complex seabed geology and stringent construction standards. At the critical stage of the project, Sunward's rotary drilling rigs, with their outstanding stability and adaptability, successfully overcame the construction difficulties of complex deep-sea strata, laying a solid foundation for the bridge's pile foundation works. Their excellent performance under extreme working conditions also fully verified that Made in China can meet the rigorous requirements of world-class projects.

        "In the construction of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge project, our equipment underwent the most severe tests," said a relevant person in charge of Sunward. "Through this project, we not only accumulated valuable deep-sea construction experience but also verified the reliability of Sunward's independent innovation technologies."

        Over the past seven years, from the sea-crossing connection of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge to the arduous construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway in the snowy plateau, and to the super project of the Yarlung Zangbo River's "hydropower Everest," Sunward's pace of innovation has always resonated with major national strategies. Sunward has consistently adhered to the concept of "pioneering innovation," successively developing a series of innovative products such as super rotary drilling rigs, super hydraulic static pile drivers, and super pile frames. At the same time, it has actively positioned itself in the fields of intelligent and new energy equipment; the launch of 5G rotary drilling rigs and extended-range electric rotary drilling rigs demonstrates the path of transformation and upgrading of China's equipment manufacturing industry. It is reported that Sunward's super equipment and new energy equipment have been widely used in the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, playing an important role in key projects such as the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link, Dongguan Rail Transit Line 1, and Shenzhen Rail Transit Line 14.

        Seven years of connectivity is both a milestone and a new starting point. In the future, Sunward, as a leading enterprise in the comprehensive field of underground engineering, will continue to uphold its mission of "being a creator of world value in the equipment manufacturing field," helping the nation's infrastructure reach new heights with more innovative achievements, and continuing to show the world the immense power and infinite possibilities of "Made in China."