[2] One of the company's long time overseas operations is its subsidiary in Nepal, where it has been active since 1996.
Since the early 1990s, an affiliated company, the Pingxiang Coal Group has worked in Algeria on dozens of medium and large projects.
[4] The construction by Zhongding of a sewage system in Oran in 2008 was used as an example in a Financial Times article titled "Algeria turns to Chinese knowhow".
[5] Also in Algeria it along with Jiangling Motors Group sought to build a special economic zone for 30-50 Chinese enterprises to establish manufacturing of automobiles, construction materials, and other products.
[citation needed] Construction started in 2009 and was completed in time for a hand off ceremony in December 2012.