Recently, the Genting Tunnel, the longest tunnel in Southeast Asia by now, held a global live stream event, attracting over 18 million viewers!

The East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project, stretching over 665 kilometers, is the largest cooperation project between China and Malaysia. Once completed, it will bridge the gap, connecting the eastern and western coasts of Peninsular Malaysia with a railway line.

The Genting Tunnel, at 16.4 kilometers long, is a key project within the ECRL. It runs through a famous nature forest reserve and is a twin-tube, single-track tunnel. To excavate this challenging tunnel, CCCC customized a hard-rock TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine) specifically for this purpose.

In the live stream, reporters took global viewers on a journey starting from the Gombak Station, where they rode a track vehicle to the track-laying base and explored the TBM excavation site at the Genting Tunnel.

Gombak Station, located in Selangor and near Kuala Lumpur, was designed with technological innovations that drive green construction. By optimizing the design, the project reduced steel usage at the station by 65.12 tons.

The track-laying base spans 195,000 square meters, with approximately 400 kilometers of track already laid. During the live stream, reporters also interviewed a Malaysian employee. The Malaysian employee said that thanks to the East Coast Rail Link Industrial Skills Training Programme (PLKI-ECRL), he received training in Guangxi, China, and became one of the first assistant train drivers on the ECRL. He expressed great pride in being part of the project.

Global viewers were amazed by the scale of the Genting Tunnel and eagerly expressed their anticipation for the rail line's completion. Malaysian viewers expressed gratitude: "Thank you to all the builders for their day and night work!" "I hope this project can bring development to our village!" Vietnamese viewers showed curiosity: "I am truly shocked by the scale of the Genting Tunnel." "Can we see how the machines work? Super curious!" "I didn’t realize the ECRL passes through so many different terrains – it’s truly a massive engineering challenge!"