[CEEC newly signs Australia Templers energy storage offshore project]On May 24, 2023, CEEC Shanxi Electric Power Construction Co., Ltd. and Sungrow Australia Co., Ltd. formed a joint venture to formally sign the contract in Shanghai for the Templers energy storage offshore EPC project in South Australia, Australia. The project is located in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, with a total capacity of 111MW/285.2MWh. After the project is completed, it can stably transmit clean power around the clock, further enhance the flexibility of clean energy power allocation, optimize the safety of the local power grid, and play a positive role in improving the local atmospheric environment, reducing carbon emissions, and promoting the sustainable development of the local green economy. Edit/Ma Xue
On April 3, 2026, the domestically developed maximum diameter 13.2-meter hard rock TBM by CCCC Tianhe started construction in Changshu. The machine is equipped with 7600 domestically produced rare earth special steel main bearings developed by the Institute of Metals, Chinese Academy of Sciences, with a rated life of over 15000 hours and performance exceeding imports. This move marks China Communications Construction Corporation's first achievement of 100% localization of core components for ultra large diameter tunneling machines, completely bridging the last mile of national production of major underground engineering equipment in China.Editor/Cheng Liting
At the Export to China SCO Choice Forum, Kazakh companies signed a $125 million agricultural export agreement with Chinese partners. Changsha Kaliev, the Minister of Trade of Kazakhstan, led a delegation to visit Shandong to deepen industrial and logistics cooperation. As the largest trading partner, the bilateral trade volume between China and Kazakhstan is expected to increase from 41 billion US dollars in 2023 to 48.7 billion US dollars in 2025, with Shandong's trade volume reaching 2.2 billion US dollars. Both sides are shifting from scale expansion to quality and efficiency improvement, with a focus on promoting the export of high value-added, non resource, and green technology products to ensure supply chain stability.Editor/Cheng Liting