KHARTOUM, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese follow-up troop of engineering unit arrived in west Sudan's Darfur region on Thursday, marking the completion of deploying the whole Chinese engineering unit to the war-torn region.

　　The 172-member troop, including 27 officers and 145 soldiers, arrived in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur state of Sudan. Their deployment brings the number of the Chinese contingent in the region to 315.

　　The follow-up troop will join the hybrid peacekeeping troops of the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU), and they shoulder tasks of building roads and bridges, assistance guarantee and digging wells.

　　Joint AU-UN Special Representative Rodolphe Adada and other officials flew to Nyala on Thursday for welcoming the Chinese engineering team.

　　Adada said the UN-AU hybrid peacekeeping troops are short of engineers, and with the completion of deploying Chinese engineering unit in the region, the hybrid troops will have a bright future.

　　The Chinese troop on the occasion also made its pledge to make utmost contribution to the peace process of the Darfur region.

　　China was committed in April 2007 to sending a 315-man multi-functional engineering unit to Darfur at the invitation of the United Nations, which was the first batch of UN-AU peacekeepers inplace in Darfur.

　　China has sent a 143-men advance troop to Darfur, being the first batch of UN-AU peacekeepers in place in Darfur.

　　So far, the advance troop has leveled up more than 70,000 square meters of land, dug and transported more than 9,300 cubic meters of earth and stone and built a new camp for themselves.