[Sino-French companies plan joint venture to build a new battery factory] On May 12, 2023, French President Emmanuel Macron stated that China Xiamen Xiamen Tungsten New Energy Materials Co., Ltd. plans to establish a battery field laboratory with the French company Orano in Dunkirk, a port city in northern France. Joint venture with an expected investment of 1.5 billion euros and the creation of 1,700 jobs. Macron pointed out that Xiamen Tungsten New Energy's joint venture with Orano is complementary to ProLogium's factory because it will be upstream in the production of batteries for electric vehicles. Edit/Ma Xue

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• 2026.07.17 10:59
• [Construction Begins on SF Smart Logistics Park in Urumqi]
• On July 16, 2026, SF Supply Chain Smart Logistics Park started construction in Urumqi High tech Zone. The park is equipped with digital twin, intelligent sorting and other systems, with an annual transit volume of 250 million pieces, absorbing more than a thousand jobs, improving cross-border multimodal transport networks for Central Asia and Europe, and empowering local foreign trade and export of characteristic agricultural products. Editor/Min Jing

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• [China-Kazakhstan Aktau Port Container Hub Phase I Put into Operation]
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