[The renovation and expansion project of Turpan Airport was completed]Recently, the renovation and expansion project of Turpan Airport, a key construction project in Xinjiang Province undertaken by the Northwest Company of China Construction Third Bureau, has been completed and will be put into full use soon. The reconstruction and expansion project of Turpan Airport includes the extension of the original 2,800-meter runway to 3,200 meters, the construction of a new vertical liaison taxiway, the renovation and expansion of the apron, the construction of the new terminal, the air and rail corridor project, outdoor pipe network, the construction of supporting roads in front of the station and the central square, etc. Editor/He Yuting
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