By Li Yingxin and Zhang Xiaokun
李迎新、张晓昆
ZHENGZHOU, Dec. 5 -- The first batch of the 15th Chinese peacekeeping engineer contingent to South Sudan (Wau) departed from Xinzheng International Airport in central China's Henan Province on Wednesday morning for the mission area in South Sudan (Wau). The 132 peacekeepers will undertake a one-year peacekeeping mission.
郑州12月5日电 中国第15批赴南苏丹（瓦乌）维和工兵分队第一梯队132名官兵，于12月4日凌晨，从新郑国际机场出发，前往南苏丹（瓦乌）任务区，执行为期一年的维和任务。
The 15th Chinese peacekeeping engineer contingent is primarily composed of personnel from a brigade under the 83rd Group Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). They will perform such duties as constructing roads, bridges, and airfields, building and maintaining barracks and protective shelters, establishing water and power supply facilities, and providing engineering support to various peacekeeping forces in the mission area.
中国第15批赴南苏丹（瓦乌）维和工兵分队以第83集团军某旅为主体抽组而成。分队主要担负修建道路、桥梁、机场，构筑与维护简易营房、防护掩体，修建供水、供电设施，为任务区维和部队提供工程支援等任务。
It is learnt that the second batch peacekeepers of the contingent will arrive in South Sudan on December 18.
据悉，工兵分队第二梯队将于12月18日乘专机飞赴南苏丹。
