[In 2022, China's foreign contracted projects will turnover of 1 trillion yuan]Recently, the State Council Information Office held a press conference. At the meeting, Vice Minister of Commerce Guo Tingting introduced that in 2022, foreign non-financial direct investment will be 785.94 billion yuan, an increase of 7.2%. Among them, investment in countries along the Belt and Road increased by 7.7%, accounting for 17.9%. Foreign contracted projects developed steadily, with a turnover of 1.0 trillion yuan, an increase of 4.3%, and 59 new projects with a contract value of more than 50 million US dollars compared with 2021. Editor/Xu Shengpeng
The Qinghai Provincial Development and Reform Commission has released the first batch of bidding for independent new energy storage projects on the grid side in 2026, with a total scale of 2GW and an energy storage duration of no less than 4 hours, to be implemented in 5 sections. The project is planned to be connected to the grid by the end of September 2027, and can enjoy an annual compensation of 185 yuan per kilowatt capacity to assist in the construction of new power systems in the province. Editor/Min Jing
The Vietnamese parliament has passed a resolution to increase the scale and configuration standards of the cross-border railway construction in Laojie, Hanoi, and Haiphong, and significantly increase investment. The railway is expected to be completed by 2030, optimizing cross-border trade logistics between China and Vietnam, connecting the China Europe transportation corridor, improving the layout of the Pan Asian Railway, and helping Vietnam enhance its position as a regional transportation hub. Editor/Min Jing