Staff of the Chinese Embassy in Tanzania, representatives of Chinese companies and communities, and Tanzanian government officials on Tuesday honored the Chinese people who died during the construction of the TAZARA Railway in the 1970s.

Chinese Ambassador to Tanzania Chen Mingjian and Tanzanian Minister of Transport Makame Mbarawa laid wreaths on the graves at the Gongo la Mboto cemetery on the outskirts of the port city of Dar es Salaam.