On Sep. 2, 2010, the Opening Ceremony of W7 Section was held in PK 83 of W7 Section by West Section Project Management Department of Algeria West-East Expressway Project contracted by CITIC Construction. The distinguished guests who attended the ceremony were Amar Ghoul, Algerian Public Works Minister, Liu Yu, Chinese Ambassador to Algeria and his wife Dai Guiqin, Lv Yifeng, Commercial Counsellor of Chinese Ambassy to Algeria, Bentabet Mokhtar, Governor of SIDI Bel Abbas, Nourri Abdelwahab, Governor of Tlemcen, Kamel Belatrecheb, General Manager of New Project Management Department, Wang Jiangsheng, Deputy-chairman of CITIC Construction and Chairman of CITIC-CRCC Consortium.
The section open to traffic is 60km in total across SIDI Bel Abbas and Tlemcen, ranging from PK70 to PK 83 of W6 Section, the whole W7 Section to PK85 of W8 Section, which is implemented by the Third Regional Management Department, Fourth Regional Management Department and Fifth Regional Management Department of West Section.