[Work on Phase 1 of South Santo Road in Vanuatu begins] On May 26, 2023, the groundbreaking ceremony for the first phase of the Santo South Road in Vanuatu, undertaken by China Civil Engineering, was held. The first phase of the Santo South Road Project in Vanuatu is an infrastructure project prioritized by the Vanuatu government and a key livelihood project to improve the traffic situation on Santo Island. The project will connect key areas including towns, tourist attractions, and densely populated areas, greatly improving the traffic conditions between various areas, greatly improving the efficiency of local crop transportation, stimulating the economic vitality of various places along the project, and promoting the economic growth and development of the area. Social development, creating more opportunities for tourism and business activities. Edit/Ma Xue

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• 2026.04.03 16:07
• [The domestically produced largest diameter hard rock TBM is offline]
• 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

• 2026.04.03 15:53
• [China Kazakhstan's $125 million large order landed]
• 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