Beyond Mountains and Seas

[This book won third prize in Qimao's Fifth Realistic Fiction Writing Contest]

Ten years into the Belt and Road Initiative, countless "Chinese bridges," "Chinese roads," and "Chinese buildings" have risen around the world, showcasing China's commitment as an infrastructure powerhouse.

A bridge can span a chasm and cross mountains and seas.

Two young people whose lives were changed by bridges, bridge designer Liang Yuchuan and civil engineering student Bai Zheng, meet at the construction site of the China-Saudi Friendship Bridge.

Engineers and skilled workers from China, along with local residents, gather here in great numbers, all striving toward the same goal: completing the China-Saudi Friendship Bridge.

Behind the steel and cement lie a love built on mutual understanding and devotion, a friendship between kindred spirits, and, above all, warm bonds that cross national borders and overcome language barriers.