[Texas Instruments spends $30 billion open semiconductor factory in its hometown] Texas Instruments broke ground this week in the town of Sherman, about 20 kilometers north of Dallas, to produce 300-millimeter semiconductor chips. If fully completed, the project is expected to be worth $30 billion. Governor Greg Abbott, who attended the ceremony, described the project as the largest economic development investment in Texas history. Editor/Xing Wentao

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• 2026.10.09 08:49
• [National Day high-speed new energy vehicles have been charged 6.711 million tim]
• On October 8, 2026, through statistical analysis of 62700 highway charging facilities (guns) included in the national charging facility monitoring service platform, from 0:00 on October 1 to 24:00 on October 7, the total number of charging times for new energy vehicles on China's highways reached 6.711 million, with a charging capacity of 163 million kilowatt hours and an average daily charging capacity of 23.2566 million kilowatt hours, an increase of 51.42% year-on-year.Editor/Gong Ziwei

• 2026.10.08 14:33
• [Golmud-Lhasa Electrification to Welcome Fuxing EMUs on Qinghai-Tibet Railway]
• The electrification renovation of the Golmud Lhasa section of the Qinghai Tibet Railway will start in November 2026 and is expected to be put into operation in 2029. At that time, the Fuxing Express will directly reach Lhasa, and the travel time from Xining to Lhasa will be reduced to about 14 hours. The external power engineering supporting the project will start construction first, ending the internal combustion traction mode that has been used for 20 years and achieving the localization of power equipment for high-altitude railways. Editor/Min Jing