[Xuzhou City Rail Transit Combined Operation PPP Project Bidding]On June 30, 2022, Xuzhou Metro issued an announcement on the prequalification of the PPP project for the combined operation of urban rail transit in Xuzhou. Approved by the Xuzhou Municipal People's Government, the PPP project of Xuzhou urban rail transit combined operation shall be invested, operated and maintained by means of cooperation between the government and social capital. The project authorized the main body of the Xuzhou Municipal People's Government, the total investment of the project is about 14.3 billion yuan. Editor / Zhao E
On September 2, 2026, a freight train carrying crude oil tank containers departed from Kuitun Station in Xinjiang and headed towards Jinling Town Station in Shandong, marking the completion of the first batch of crude oil tank containers in China's crude oil trial loading task and an important innovation in crude oil transportation mode. The crude oil tank container used this time is a standardized pressure vessel, which is transported in a closed manner throughout the entire process. The volatilization loss, measurement loss, and pollution risk of crude oil are synchronously reduced, which can better ensure the quantity and quality of oil products. Editor/Cheng Liting
On September 4, 2026, the Department of Natural Resources of Shanxi Province released the "Achievements and Prospects of Shanxi Unconventional Natural Gas in the 14th Five Year Plan". During the 14th Five Year Plan period, Shanxi Province added 563.838 billion cubic meters of proven coalbed methane reserves. Currently, the cumulative proven coalbed methane reserves have exceeded 1 trillion cubic meters, ranking first in the country. Editor/Cheng Liting