[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
Since 2026, the postal management department of Inner Mongolia has relied on the advantages of Manzhouli and Erenhot ports to add two international land postal routes to Russia, and opened multiple cross-border dedicated lines to the European hinterland. Manzhouli has achieved full coverage of four types of cross-border e-commerce regulatory models. The business volume of Erlianhaote International Mail Exchange Bureau ranks among the top in the country, with over 600 regional cross-border e-commerce filing entities, continuously consolidating the support capacity of northward opening delivery channels.Editor/Cheng Liting
As of October 9, 2026, China Laos Railway has delivered more than 80 million passengers in the past five years since its opening, and the maximum monthly passenger volume of the whole line is 2.25 million. Four international passenger trains run daily between Kunming and Vientiane, with the fastest cross-border travel time of 9 hours and 36 minutes, and a total of 950000 cross-border passengers have been transported. Cross border tourism along the route continues to heat up, driving a consumption growth of over 35% in cultural and tourism related industries along the route since the beginning of this year. Editor/Cheng Liting