[23 on-site contracts signed in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area]On May 31, 2023, the centralized signing ceremony for the industrial docking project in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area of Xiangtan City was held in Shenzhen. 23 projects were signed on-site, with a total investment of 11.01 billion yuan. Among them, there are 19 Xiangshang return projects with an investment of 9.37 billion yuan, accounting for 85% of the total investment. Hunan merchants have become the main force signing contracts for this industry docking conference. Among the 23 projects signed this time, there are 15 manufacturing projects and 2 investment projects from Class III Fortune 500 enterprises, covering areas such as infrastructure, smart healthcare, commercial logistics, and new energy. At this industry docking meeting, Xiangtan has been favored by Hunan merchants. Zeng Shengqiang, Chairman and President of Shenzhen Zhengtong Electronics Co., Ltd., said that he actively responded to the call for the "return of Hunan business" and arranged the Hunan Provincial Health and Medical Big Data Center project in Xiangtan. He will invite upstream and downstream industry chain enterprises to settle and develop here. Editor/Zhao E
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