The one who helped Sudan realize its dream is China, an old friend of the Sudanese people.

Chinese-Sudanese economic and technical cooperation has a history of nearly 40 years.

Today, China is Sudan's top trading partner, which has laid a good foundation for China to build the dam.

In June 2003, China Water Conservancy and Electric Power Corporation (CWEC), as the lead company, joined hands with China Water Conservancy and Hydroelectric Power Construction Corporation (CWHPC) and beat many strong international competitors to win the contract for the civil engineering work of the Danish Lowe Dam in Sultanate. The project officially started in July 2003 and took five and a half years to complete.

China's Three Gorges Dam is 2,309 meters long, while the Malloway Dam is 9,700 meters long, the length of the world's first.

According to Arab media reports, the total investment in the project is 1.6 billion to 1.8 billion dollars. According to Chinese estimates, the cost of civil works is about 5.5 billion U.S. dollars. In addition, China has also contracted a dam raising project: the Rousselles Dam, built in the 1960s, is located on the Blue Nile River in Sudan. The dam raising project will cost nearly $400 million and is expected to be completed by the end of 2011.