China Harbour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC) is one of the leading state-owned corporate groups in China, with branches and representative offices in more than 20 countries and regions. CHEC is primarily engaged in port construction, dredging, reclamation, and the manufacture of port machinery and navigation buoys. The Company's business has also been extended to cover the construction of road and bridges, motorways, airports and environmental engineering projects, as well as import and export trade, property development and financial investment.

CHEC owns and operates a large inventory of construction machinery with 3,800 items of heavy-duty equipment and a modern fleet of working vessels.. The Company's design and R&D activities are facilitated by a full range of modern instruments. The labour of over 26,000 experienced managerial staff and technical experts has contributed to its long list of achievements. The total assets of CHEC exceed RMB 28 billion (USD 3.4 billion) with an average annual turnover of more than RMB 21.6 billion (USD 2.6 billion).

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, most major and medium-sized port development schemes along the Chinese coast and the Yangtse River have been designed and constructed by CHEC. The Company is also credited with the dredging and reclamation works of all the seaports and navigational channels. Since 1981, CHEC has constructed more than 40 coastal and inland river ports with a total of 431 major berths, of which 251 are deepwater berths.

Over the past years, CHEC has constructed more than 80 major bridges and 500 kilometres of highways in China and other parts of the world. The Company has also participated in large-scale airport construction projects in Macau, Hong Kong, Shanghai's Pudong District, Tianjin and Xi'an.

Port machinery manufactured and installed by CHEC is not only widely used in China, but also exported to the America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

Since 1992, CHEC has been listed by the Engineering News Record (ENR) as one of the Top 225 International Contractors. In 2007, the Company ranked 14 ^th.