The Tanzanian Railway is a major transportation artery linking East and Central Africa, and is the artery of transportation in East Africa. It starts from Dar es Salaam of Tanzania in the east and ends at Kapiri Mposhi of central Zambia in the west, with a total length of 1,860.5 kilometers, and its construction started in October 1970 and was completed in July 1976. Along the complex terrain, the line needs to cross the rift valley belt. It was built by China, Tanzania and Zambia. It provides a new access to the sea for landlocked countries such as Zambia and Malawi.
Tanzan Railway is one of China's largest foreign aid projects to date, with Chinese experts and engineers conducting surveys, inspections, designs and helping the Tanzanian and Zambian governments to organize construction.
There is also the Zambian copper mine development, China Nonferrous Group's cooperation.