[BP and Zhejiang Energy Group's Natural Gas Market in China]On May 31, 2023, BP officially signed a joint venture contract with Zhejiang Energy Group's natural gas group and its holding companies to jointly establish a liquefied natural gas trading company to sell LNG through tank truck transportation. This is the first collaboration between BP and Zhejiang Energy Natural Gas. This joint venture is BP's third tank truck LNG trading and sales company in China, with the other two being Shenzhen Dapeng Liquefied Natural Gas Sales Co., Ltd. and Xinying Energy Trading Co., Ltd. Editor/Ma Xue
On October 29, 2026, the Zhanjiang section of Lanhai Expressway officially started construction and is expected to be completed and opened to traffic by 2030. The total length of the route is 152 kilometers, with four lanes in both directions, making it the second expressway from mainland China to Hainan Island. The project aims to build Guangdong's first fully chain intelligent construction site laboratory, selecting routes to avoid mangrove and coral reef protection areas, optimizing design to reduce land use by 996 acres. After completion, it will improve the transportation system across the Qiongzhou Strait and provide stronger road network support for the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port. Editor/Cheng Liting
In October 2026, Liaogang Group's Dayaowan 6.25-megawatt decentralized wind power project entered the substantive construction stage. The project will build one new wind turbine and supporting facilities, with an annual power generation of about 15 million kilowatt hours and an annual reduction of 7250 tons of carbon dioxide emissions after commissioning. At present, Liaogang Group has built a photovoltaic installed capacity of 36.6 megawatts, generating over 40 million kilowatt hours of green electricity annually. After the completion of the next two distributed photovoltaic projects, the total photovoltaic installed capacity will exceed 49.9 megawatts, and the port's self-sufficiency in green electricity will continue to improve. Editor/Cheng Liting