[China Railway 16th Bureau signed a cooperation agreement with Xiamen]On November 7, 2022, China Railway 16th Bureau Group and Haicang District People's Government of Xiamen signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement in Xiamen. Based on the principles of complementary advantages, resource sharing, mutual benefit and win-win results, and common development, the two sides will establish an all-round, three-dimensional and in-depth new strategic cooperative partnership, accelerate resource sharing, and work together for common development. Editor/Zhao E
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
In the first half of 2026, the amount of electric motorcycles and tricycles imported from China to Africa reached 114.6 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 60%, with Morocco, Egypt, and Algeria being the main importers. China's two wheeled electric vehicles going global are upgrading from whole vehicle exports to an ecological output of supply chain, battery swapping network, and local assembly. Spiro has raised $270 million in financing, and Yadea and Tailing are accelerating the layout of battery swapping and localization. Editor/Min Jing