The message of Gazprom says that the company has built 719 kilometers of the linear part of the "Siberia Power". In "Gazprom" reported that on the Russian-Chinese border opened a checkpoint for builders of underwater crossing the border.

Recall, in late May 2014, Gazprom and CNPC signed an agreement on the supply of Russian gas to China along the eastern route. The contract is concluded for a period of 30 years and involves the delivery of Russian gas to the People's Republic of China in the amount of 38 billion cubic meters per year on the main gas pipeline "Power of Siberia". The total length of the pipeline will be about 4 thousand kilometers, its work will provide eight compressor stations with a total capacity of 1331 MW.

In early March this year, Gazprom said that it keeps plans for putting the gas pipeline into operation from May 2019 to May 2021.

The message contains the words of the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Gazprom Vitaly Markelov: "The construction of the Force of Siberia" is at a high pace. To date, 719 kilometers of the linear part of the gas pipeline. The opening of the checkpoint is of great importance for the synchronization of works on the creation of gas transmission capacities in the Russian and Chinese territories ".