[China builds industrial park project in Bangladesh]Recently, China Road and Bridge and the Bangladesh Economic Zone Authority signed a memorandum of understanding on the cooperation of the Bangladesh-China Economic Industrial Park. Bangladesh China Economic Industrial Park is located in the south of Chittagong, an important port city in Bangladesh, covering an area of about 318 hectares. It is an important investment area for China's "One Belt, One Road" and international production capacity cooperation strategy. After the project is completed, it will attract more Chinese investment, improve the quality of regional industrialization, promote the economic and social development of Bangladesh, create more employment opportunities, and provide a good platform for deepening bilateral cooperation. Editor/Xing Wentao
On April 3, 2026, the domestically developed maximum diameter 13.2-meter hard rock TBM by CCCC Tianhe started construction in Changshu. The machine is equipped with 7600 domestically produced rare earth special steel main bearings developed by the Institute of Metals, Chinese Academy of Sciences, with a rated life of over 15000 hours and performance exceeding imports. This move marks China Communications Construction Corporation's first achievement of 100% localization of core components for ultra large diameter tunneling machines, completely bridging the last mile of national production of major underground engineering equipment in China.Editor/Cheng Liting
At the Export to China SCO Choice Forum, Kazakh companies signed a $125 million agricultural export agreement with Chinese partners. Changsha Kaliev, the Minister of Trade of Kazakhstan, led a delegation to visit Shandong to deepen industrial and logistics cooperation. As the largest trading partner, the bilateral trade volume between China and Kazakhstan is expected to increase from 41 billion US dollars in 2023 to 48.7 billion US dollars in 2025, with Shandong's trade volume reaching 2.2 billion US dollars. Both sides are shifting from scale expansion to quality and efficiency improvement, with a focus on promoting the export of high value-added, non resource, and green technology products to ensure supply chain stability.Editor/Cheng Liting