On July 11th, Ambassador Zhang Lizhong attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the Kayunga-Bbaale-Galiraya Road Project and delivered a speech. H.E. President Museveni and the first Lady, Hon. Gen. Wamala, Minister of Works and Transport, Counsellor Wang Jianxun of Chinese Embassy, and Vice President Li Changgui of China Road and Bridge Corporation were present at the event.

Ambassador Zhang commended the Ugandan government for prioritizing infrastructure development in its national development plans, which has led to rapid economic growth. He introduced President Xi Jinping's congratulatory letter to the Ministerial Meeting of Coordinators on the Implementation of the Follow-up Actions of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, and stressed that China is willing to work with Uganda to implement the "Ten Partnership Actions", deepen cooperation in key areas, and jointly promote high-quality development of China-Uganda cooperation.

H.E. President Museveni emphasized that this road is key to the transportation, livelihood, trade and tourism in the Kayunga district of central Uganda. He encouraged Chinese enterprises to actively participate in the investment, financing and technical support of Uganda's infrastructure and livelihood projects, and hoped to continuously strengthen investment and trade cooperation with China to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.