China-Russian cooperation projects under the Belt and Road Initiative have stepped up across the energy, finance, high-speed rail, infrastructure, and science and technology sectors over the past decade.

Frozen grounds, cold winds and longer nights can be a nightmare for any construction team. But this is what employees of the China Railway Major Bridge Engineering Group struggled with in winter while constructing the China-Russia Tongjiang Rail Bridge crossing the border between China and Russia. The bridge is expected to trigger a commercial and infrastructure development boom in the cross-border economic corridor. Scheduled to be finished in 2019, the 2,280-meters bridge about 1,900 meters of which is constructed by China connects Tongjiang city in Heilongjiang Province to Nizhneleninskoye in Russia.