China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd. (CHEC) is a well known, international contractor and the overseas operating division of China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC). Over the past thirty (30) years of operation CHEC has spread its business activities to more than 70 countries undertaking 10 billion USD worth of projects. CHEC opened its Jamaican offices officially on April 22, 2010 after signing an agreement with the Jamaican government in 2009 to be the General Contractor, under the Ministry of Transportation and Works, for two main projects being The Palisadoes Shoreline Protection and Rehabilitation Works (US$65.5 million) and the all island Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (US$400 million), the largest combined road works project in the country's history.