China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC)

The first Chinese infrastructure company in Serbia. Without a tender, through direct negotiations under a 2009 agreement, it won the Pupin Bridge, sections of the “Miloš Veliki” motorway, the €606 million Fruška Gora Corridor and the bridge over the Danube in Novi Sad. According to experts, the directly negotiated price of the Fruška Gora Corridor, €12.7 million per kilometre, is twice the real cost of construction. Brnabić called it a partner “that is reliable, fast and efficient”; none of these deals has been investigated.

Affairs

  • No-tender deals under intergovernmental agreements: Serbia abandoned the 2018 contract for the Belgrade–Niš railway in 2021; it has deals worth more than €10 billion with CCCC and CRIC
  • Police beat and arrested activists at Šodroš