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With the development of China, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge has finally opened. With the construction started in December 15,2009, it took China almost nine years to complete two parts of this task, and opened in October 24, 2018 at 9 A.M. with a life span of 120 years. This brigde, as by the name, connects Hong Kong, Macau, and Zhuhai- three major cities on the Pearl River Delta. It is a 55- kilometre (34mi) bridge-tunnel system consisting of three cable-stayed bridges, an undersea tunnel, and four artificial islands and it is the longest immersed tunnel in the world and the longest bridge and tunnel combination road in the world. The hardest part of the whole project is the 6.7-kilometer submarine immersed tunnel. In 2005, China did not have relevant experience therefore they wanted to hire a Dutch expert to guide them. But the Dutch set the consultation fee to 1.5 billion and China rejected. China proposed to use 300 million yuan to buy a framework to have the Dutch provide some technical support but the Dutch declined and said to pray for the Chinese. Therefore, China started this project all by themselves and finally 12 years later, they achieved the success of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge and shocked the world. This bridge also had the ones that looked down on China be speechless.