[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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• 2026.04.09 18:38
• [China's high-voltage energy storage project enters comprehensive commissioning in Xinjiang]
• The Anhui Energy Minfeng Grid type Independent Energy Storage Project, the largest single unit cascaded high-voltage energy storage project in China, has recently completed the delivery of core equipment in Hotan, Xinjiang and entered the comprehensive commissioning stage. The project adopts a 35kV 200MW/800MWh cascaded high-voltage energy storage system, independently developed and produced by Guangzhou Zhiguang Energy Storage, with industry-leading technology. This system can effectively support the stability of the power grid, improve inertia and short-circuit capacity, help solve problems such as local power grid peak shaving and new energy consumption, and ensure the safe and stable operation of regional power.Editor/Gong Ziwei

• 2026.04.09 17:31
• [Vietnamese Communist Party President Surin will visit China]
• On April 9, 2026, Hu Zhaoming, spokesperson for the Foreign Liaison Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, announced that at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and President Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President Sulin will pay a state visit to China from April 14 to 17.Editor/Gong Ziwei