CAMC Engineering has been appointed as constructor for the 2025 Asian Youth Games in Tashkent ©Wikipedia

Chinese company CAMC Engineering has been appointed as the constructor for the Olympic Village for the 2025 Asian Youth Games, due to be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

The development was announced during a videoconference between senior sports officials from Uzbekistan and China.

The Ministry of Sports Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan hosted the online meeting, where he met with representatives of the sports sector from China.

Among the attendees included Uzbek Sports Minister Adkham Ikramov, secretary general of the Uzbekistan National Olympic Committee Oybek Kasimov and director of the state general administration of sports of China Gao Ji.

Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has laid the foundation stone for the Asian Youth Games 2025 Olympic Village ©Getty Images
Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has laid the foundation stone for the Asian Youth Games 2025 Olympic Village ©Getty Images

CAMC Engineering are set to build the Olympic Village and related facilities for the Asian Youth Games using green and energy-saving materials.

The foundation stone for the Olympic Village has already been laid by Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

Other topics of discussion during the video call included strengthening links between the two countries in the field of sports, an exchange of sports programmes, training meetings of national teams before major competitions and the participation of Uzbekistan’s national team at the rescheduled Asian Games in Hangzhou.