[72 tourism projects in Jilin started construction intensively]On March 20, 2023, the spring intensive start-up activities of tourism projects sponsored by the Jilin Provincial People's Government were held simultaneously in various places in Jilin Province. The main venue of the event is located at the start-up site of the overall development project of Beidahu Tourist Resort in Jilin City, and interacts with each sub-venue via video connection. According to reports, 72 tourism projects have been intensively started this time, including 14 new projects and 58 continued projects, with a total investment of 108.3 billion yuan. This is the first time that a project in the tourism field in Jilin Province has started intensively, and it is also the earliest project start time and the largest number of projects in the history of tourism development in our province. The newly started projects focus on the two major brands of ice and snow industry and summer resort and leisure, covering ecology, health care, digitalization, etc. kind of business. The overall investment scale is large, with 52 projects worth more than 100 million yuan, accounting for 72.2%; the planned investment amount is high, and the number of concentrated construction projects accounts for 45% of the planned construction projects in Jilin Province. The annual planned investment reaches 9.084 billion yuan, accounting for 2023. 62.5% of the total investment; covering a full range of products, including major projects leading the development of the ice and snow industry such as the expansion of Beidahu and Wanfeng Ski Resort, ecological summer tourism landmark projects such as the overall improvement of Chagan Lake and Nenjiang Bay, Changchun International Movie Metropolis, Urban cultural and tourism complex projects such as Changchun Jucheng, as well as new forestry and tourism integration projects such as Dunhua Liudingshan International Medical and Health Care Industrial Park and Changbai Mountain Forest Hot Spring Health Center. The projects are distributed in a wide range, and there are projects in Jilin Province. Among them, Changchun, Jilin, and Yanbian have 48 projects with a total investment of 85.655 billion yuan; Tonghua and Meihekou have started construction of 5 and 2 projects respectively, and the investment scale 15.75 billion yuan; 17 projects in Siping, Liaoyuan, Songyuan, Baicheng, Baishan, and Changbaishan, with an investment scale of over 6.9 billion yuan. Editor/He Yuting
On the afternoon of October 8th, under the on-site escort of the Guangdong Zhanjiang Maritime Bureau's "Haixun 0927" ship, the first flatbed cargo ship dedicated to the transportation of new energy vehicles in the Qiongzhou Strait, the "Green Source No. 1" ship, slowly entered the Xuwen Hai'an New Port, marking the successful trial operation of the ship's roll on/roll off transport route in the Qiongzhou Strait. It is reported that the deck cargo ship "Green Source No.1" has a total tonnage of 6731, a net tonnage of 3769, a length of 125.8 meters, and a width of 28 meters. The ship adopts a single-layer deck design, which can carry more than 160 new energy vehicles on a single voyage under full load conditions. The parking capacity is about 60% higher than that of existing passenger and roll on/roll off transport ships. The ship is planned to be deployed on the route from Hai'an New Port in Zhanjiang to Xiuying Port in Haikou. After being put into operation, it will add a new mode of sea transportation for new energy vehicles in the Qiongzhou Strait and effectively alleviate the tense situation of insufficient capacity for new energy vehicle transportation during the peak period of cross sea vehicle transportation in the Qiongzhou Strait. Editor/Zhou Yingwen
On October 9, 2024, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Fadhila stated that Malaysia has made progress in improving energy efficiency and that "energy conservation" has become the key to energy transition. Meanwhile, Malaysia will promote the ASEAN power grid as a key topic of discussion at the ASEAN Energy Ministers' Meeting. At the 2024 Asia Power and Energy Exhibition, which opened on the 8th, Fadhila revealed that as of June, Malaysia has saved 8769 gigawatt hours of electricity, worth over 2.2 billion ringgit, and plans to reduce 38 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2025. In addition, the Malaysian government has approved the establishment of an energy exchange aimed at selling green electricity to neighboring countries. As the rotating chair of ASEAN in 2025, Malaysia will promote the construction of the ASEAN power grid to promote the promotion of renewable energy and enhance the resilience and reliability of electricity supply in ASEAN member countries. Editor/Zhou Yingwen