斯里兰卡是印度洋的咽喉，自古就是“东方十字路口”。科伦坡港是欧亚之间重要的国际贸易和石油运输通道，是世界最长的人工港灣之一，承担斯里兰卡90%以上进出口任务。

科伦坡港口城是斯里兰卡迄今最大的外国直接投资项目，也是中斯两国在“一带一路”建设中的合作典范，被誉为未来之城，由斯里兰卡政府和中国港湾工程有限责任公司联合开发。项目一期预计投资14亿美元，带动二期综合开发投资130亿美元，建成后将成为南亚地区集金融、旅游、物流、IT等为一体的高端城市综合体。

目前，港口城项目的土地吹填工作已经接近尾声，市政设施建设也陆续启动。自2014年9月动工以来，该项目不仅为当地创造了上千工作岗位，还将世界一流的施工技术带到斯里兰卡。

Ideally located at the throat of the Indian Ocean， Sri Lanka has been dubbed "Crossroad of theOriental" since ancient times. With a prime locality， Sri Lanka's Port ofColombo has sensed as an important international trade and oil transport channel between Europe and Asia. As one of the world's longest man- -made harbors， it undertakes more than90% of Sri Lanka’s import and export shipment.

Colombo Port City is not only the largest foreign direct investment project in Sri Lanka's history， but also a model cooperation project betweenChina and Sri Lanka under the Belt and Road Initiative. Hailed as the “City of the Future"， this project is jointly developed by the Government of SriLanka and China Harbor EngineeringCompany Limited （CHEC）. Once completed， this project， with an expected investment of USD 1.4billion for Phase | and a supplementary investment of USD 13 billion in .comprehensive development forPhase II， will become a high-endurban complex integrating finance， tourism， logistics and IT in South Asia.

At present， its land reclamation works are drawing to a close， and its construction works of municipal facilities have also kept starting. Since breaking ground in September 2014，this project has not only created thousands of jobs for local people， but also brought world-class construction technologies to Sri Lanka.