[China's large-diameter and multi-support TBM Plateau Pearl off the line at CRCC]Recently, the domestic large-diameter multi-support TBM Plateau Pearl, jointly built by CRCC and the 14th Bureau of China Water Resources, rolled off the production line in the Changsha Second Industrial Park of China Railway Construction Heavy Industry. The equipment will be used for construction under extreme conditions such as high altitude, high ground stress, and super hard rock. The excavation diameter of TBM is 10.23 meters, the length of the whole machine is about 185 meters, the total weight is about 2300 tons, and the installed power is 8200 kilowatts. Editor/Ma Xue
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