[Shanghai Electric and Jilin Province signed a strategic cooperation agreement]On July 1, 2022, Deputy Secretary of Jilin Provincial Party Committee and Governor Han Jun and Vice Governor Wu Jingping met with Leng Weiqing, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Shanghai Electric Group in Changchun, and jointly witnessed the signing of the strategy between the Jilin Provincial Government and Shanghai Electric Group Cooperation Framework Agreement. The two parties will carry out in-depth strategic cooperation in the fields of green energy development, comprehensive smart energy, green power zero-carbon industrial application demonstration, wind power industry chain, hydrogen energy industry chain, new energy electrolysis of water for hydrogen production + new chemical consumption and utilization, etc. Sustainable energy strategic partnership. Editor / Zhao E
On May 6, 2026, the 200000 ton high-quality alloy steel casting and forging integrated project jointly built by Yongyang Special Steel and Changxiang Special Steel started construction in Yongnian, Handan. The total investment is 5 billion yuan, covering the entire production line of mold casting, special smelting, forging, etc. The products are directly supplied to the aerospace, military and nuclear power fields. It is expected that the output value will be 50 billion yuan, the profit and tax will be 800 million yuan, and 2000 new jobs will be created within 5 years, adding another heavyweight chip to the high-end new material industry in Handan. Editor/Cheng Liting
On May 5, 2026, President Tokayev met with Zhang Qihai, Chairman of Xinjiang Lihua Group, to focus on the cotton textile industry chain project. Plan 52000 hectares of cotton fields, 196 drip irrigation pump stations, 500 kilometers of pipeline network, and 10 factories, with a first phase investment of 360 million US dollars, creating over 4000 jobs. Tokayev awarded Zhang Qihai the second-class "Friendship" medal of Kazakhstan on the spot, and two processing plants have been put into operation in Turkestan Oblast. Editor/Cheng Liting