[Economic and trade cooperation between Hunan and Central Asian countries deepens]At the Changsha International Land Port, the just-departed train is loaded with asphalt mixing plant equipment from Sany Heavy Industry, and will arrive in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, in seven days. Since 2023, Sany has exported 21 batches of construction machinery such as asphalt mixing plants, pump trucks, and trailer pumps to five Central Asian countries. As the capital of China's construction machinery, in recent years, Hunan's construction machinery companies have set up business in the five Central Asian countries. At present, Zoomlion's construction machinery sales have covered five countries in Central Asia, including subsidiaries in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Arya Yerbolati, deputy manager of the Kazakh subsidiary of Zoomlion Overseas Company: It is precisely because we see the good prospects of construction machinery in Central Asia that we plan ahead of time. We will actively participate in China's construction machinery going global and contribute to the five Contribute to China's infrastructure construction. According to statistics, in the first four months of 2023, Hunan's import and export to the five Central Asian countries was 1.95 billion yuan, an increase of 25.6% over the same period last year. Among them, April was the month with the most imports and exports and the fastest growth rate, with imports and exports of 660 million yuan, an increase of 59.3%. Export products are mainly electromechanical. Editor / Zhao E
In July 2026, the Guxian Water Conservancy Hub Project on the Yellow River entered a comprehensive acceleration stage. As a strategic project for Yellow River management, its dam site controls over 60% of the basin area. After the official start of construction in 2024, a large amount of earthwork and concrete work has been completed. In 2027, the river will be intercepted, and after full completion in 2034, it can supply water to more than ten million acres of farmland in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and supplement the follow-up power of Xiaolangdi water and sediment regulation. Editor/Cheng Liting
Since the beginning of summer, the Yangtze River has entered a period of abundant water, greatly improving its shipping capacity. As the only LNG refueling hub in the Three Gorges Reservoir area that operates stably year-round, the LNG refueling terminal in Guizhou Town, Zigui County, Hubei Province is known as the "green energy supply station" on the water in the Three Gorges Reservoir area. Since its official operation, the refueling volume has continued to steadily increase. In June 2026, the monthly refueling volume of the terminal exceeded 1000 tons for the first time, setting a new monthly record since its commissioning. Editor/Cheng Liting