[PKN ORLEN partners with Alstom on hydrogen railway] On May 20, 2022, PKN ORLEN signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Alstom to provide zero-emission, environmentally friendly trains and hydrogen fuel for public rail transport. The company has been implementing a hydrogen strategy, announcing in 2022 that it will provide the fueling infrastructure for trains produced by Alstom. The first hydrogen-fuelled vehicles could be rolled out on regional lines within two years. Editor/Xing Wentao

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• 2026.05.12 17:53
• [China ASEAN Blue Economy Cooperation Dialogue held in Haikou]
• On May 10, 2026, the China ASEAN Blue Economy Cooperation Dialogue was held in Haikou. Chi Fulin, President of the China Hainan Reform and Development Research Institute and the Hainan Free Trade Port Research Institute, stated that the Hainan Free Trade Port is located at the regional center, backed by a super large domestic market in China, adjacent to Southeast Asia, and combined with a special regional system of customs supervision that includes first line liberalization, second line management, and domestic freedom, it has the conditions to play an important role in maintaining regional energy security and alleviating regional energy crises. Chi Fulin suggested that Hainan should build a service guarantee base for China ASEAN energy security, serving the common needs of China ASEAN energy security.Editor/Gong Ziwei

• 2026.05.12 17:49
• [Hualong Unit 1 in the Greater Bay Area starts construction]
• On May 10, 2026, the first Hualong 1 nuclear power project in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, the nuclear island of Unit 4 of Guangdong Taipingling Nuclear Power Plant of China General Nuclear Power Corporation, began the first concrete pouring. This is another key milestone after the commissioning of Unit 1 and the loading of Unit 2 of the nuclear power project, marking the entry of the Taipingling Nuclear Power Phase II project into the comprehensive construction stage.Editor/Gong Ziwei