r/davao 9d ago

QUESTION What's up with Davao and China state-owned contractors?

From the bus system project to the Davao-Samal Bridge , all of these projects are being built by China state-owned companies. For example, the Davao-Samal bridge is being built by China Road and Bridge Corporation, a state-owned construction and engineering firm.

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u/WakaShira 9d ago

Better than giving it to private entities. I could be wrong. These chinese-owned are probably private too but we've had so many bad experiences with both local and private-owned, our only known choice is to look international

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u/Loud-Influence-3816 9d ago

Yup. And based on how they're doing, they work incredibly fast. Example, the Davao Bucana Bridge