[CEEC signs photovoltaic project in Sierra Leone]On May 15, 2023, CEEC and Sierra Power Energy signed an EPC cooperation agreement for the 100MW photovoltaic power plant project in Mabandare, Sierra Leone. This project is the first EPC cooperation agreement signed by the company in Sierra Leone. A 100MW photovoltaic power station will be built in the first phase of the project, and there is another plan to build a second phase of photovoltaic power station of the same scale. China Power Engineering International Corporation aims to develop green projects, protect green ecology, and build green systems, and takes increasing employment and improving the living standards of African people as its own responsibility. Combining its own advantages, it will continue to contribute to the green development of Africa. Edit/Ma Xue
On March 16, 2026, the General Administration of Customs, together with 24 departments including the Cyberspace Administration of China and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, jointly deployed a six-month special action plan for cross-border trade facilitation in 2026. Sun Meijun, Director General of the General Administration of Customs, pointed out at the deployment meeting that this year's special action pilot cities will further expand their encirclement and capacity, adding 20 cities including Hohhot, Changchun, Suzhou, Jinhua, Quanzhou, Nanchang, Yantai, Wuhan, Changsha, Zhuhai, Nanning, Kunming, and Xi'an, bringing the total number of participating cities to 45. The action focuses on key tasks such as optimizing and upgrading goods trade, vigorously developing service trade, and innovating the development of digital trade and green trade. It has launched a new round of policies to assist enterprises, including deepening the innovation of import and export customs clearance supervision mode, optimizing the supervision and services of new foreign trade formats, improving cross-border logistics transportation efficiency, and strengthening the construction of smart export ports. Editor/Cheng Liting
In the early morning of the 17th local time, the US Embassy in Iraq in the "Green Zone" of the Iraqi capital Baghdad was attacked, and some facilities inside the embassy caught fire. From the evening of the 16th to the early morning of the 17th, the US Embassy in Iraq has been attacked multiple times.Editor/Gong Ziwei