Chinese firm partners with Great Ethiopian Run to organize relay race

ADDIS ABABA, May 22 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese firm, International First Highway (IFH), is partnering with Great Ethiopian Run (GER) to organize a 6 km relay race on June 3, an Ethiopian official said on Tuesday.

GER's Senior Sales and Marketing Officer Hilina Negussie said 900 runners, including 90 Chinese, will compete in the race, divided into 150 teams, each comprising six members.

"The 6 km IFH relay race is expected to highlight the need for traffic safety and better management of roads, with runners expected to race on new roads built by IFH," Negussie said.

Ethiopian government officials, representatives from private firms and non-governmental organizations, staff members of Chinese firms, and athlete groups are expected to participate in the race in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

The annual IFH 6 km relay race has been held since 2003.

IHF, a subsidiary of China Communication Construction Company (CCCC), has been engaged in more than 30 projects in the construction of roads, bridges, and other civil engineering projects in Ethiopia since its establishment in 1998. Enditem