<P> In May 2014, Premier Li Keqiang visited Kenya to sign a cooperation agreement with the Kenyan government . Under this agreement, the Mombasa--Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway was constructed connecting Mombasa to Nairobi . After completion, the railroad stretches approximately 300 miles (480 km) costing around $250 million USD . </P> <P> In September 2015, China's Sinomach signed a strategic, cooperative memorandum of understanding with General Electric . The memorandum of understanding set goals to build wind turbines, to promote clean energy programs and to increase the number of energy consumers in sub-Saharan Africa . </P> <P> The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and the Bangladesh - China - India - Myanmar (BCIM) Economic Corridor are officially classified as "closely related to the Belt and Road Initiative". In coverage by the media, this distinction is disregarded and the networks are counted as components of the initiative . The CPEC, in particular, is often regarded as the link between China's maritime and overland silk road, with the port of Gwadar forming the crux of the CPEC project . </P> <P> China--Pakistan Economic Corridor (Chinese: 中国 - 巴基斯坦 经济 走廊; Urdu: پاكستان - چین اقتصادی راہداری ‬ ‎; also known by the acronym CPEC) is a collection of infrastructure projects currently under construction throughout Pakistan . Originally valued at $46 billion, the value of CPEC projects is now worth $62 billion . CPEC is intended to rapidly modernize Pakistani infrastructure and strengthen its economy by the construction of: modern transportation networks, numerous energy projects, and special economic zones . On November 13, 2016, CPEC became partly operational when Chinese cargo was transported overland to Gwadar Port for onward maritime shipment to Africa and West Asia . </P>

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