[Henan: Renewable energy installed capacity in 2025]On February 6, the Henan Provincial People's Government issued the "Carbon Peak Implementation Plan in Henan Province". The program proposes to vigorously develop new energy sources. Accelerate the development and utilization of wind energy resources, focusing on the hills along the shallow yellow mountains (including the old course of the Yellow River) and the central and eastern plains, plan to build a number of high-quality wind power bases of one million kilowatts, and by 2025, the cumulative grid-connected capacity of wind power will reach 27 million kilowatts Above, the grid-connected capacity of photovoltaic power generation will reach more than 20 million kilowatts. Editor/Xu Shengpeng
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