[Wang Yi to Chair the BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting]Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin announced: The BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting will be held via video on May 19. State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will preside over the meeting. South African Foreign Minister Pandor, Brazilian Foreign Minister Franza, and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov , Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar will attend. During this period, the foreign ministers of the BRICS countries will also have a dialogue with the foreign ministers of emerging markets and developing countries in the "BRICS+" way. Editor / Xu Shengpeng
On April 16, 2026, the Wenyu section of the Hangzhou Taizhou high-speed railway officially started static acceptance, and the main project was basically completed. The main line of this section is 37 kilometers long, with a designed speed of 350 kilometers per hour and a bridge tunnel ratio of 90.34%. The Lijiashan Tunnel is a controlled project for the entire line. After acceptance, it will be transferred to joint debugging and testing, and is expected to be opened within the year. At that time, it will end the history of Yuhuan not being connected to railways and help Zhejiang build a 1-hour high-speed railway transportation circle. Editor/Cheng Liting
The rotor of Unit 3 of the Dashixia Water Conservancy Hub in Xinjiang has been successfully lifted, and the project has entered the final assembly and commissioning stage. The project has the world's tallest 247 meter concrete faced gravel dam with a total installed capacity of 750000 kilowatts. It is planned to be fully put into operation in the second half of 2026, benefiting 650000 households and 6.8 million acres of downstream irrigation areas. Editor/Cheng Liting