[Hubei Province Macheng Yangxin Expressway North Extension Project Launch Bidding]On May 30, 2023, the Hubei Provincial Electronic Tendering and Bidding Trading Platform released a bidding announcement for the MYBTZ-1 bid section of the North Extension Line of the Macheng Yangxin Expressway. The bidder was the Huanggang Municipal People's Government, with an estimated contract price of 5.15 billion yuan. The northern extension of the Macheng Yangxin Expressway starts from Qiujiadang Village to the east of Muzidian Town in Macheng City, connects with the Mayang Expressway, crosses the Shanghai Chengdu Expressway, extends northward, passes through Tangjiachong to Longmenhe Village, enters Sanhekou Town, and then extends northward along the G220 channel. It successively passes through the Hewu Railway and the Hewu section of the Shanghai Chongqing Chengdu High Speed Railway, passes west of the Sanhekou Reservoir, passes through Qianfan Village and Shangshang Village, and ends near Linjiagang at the border of Hubei and Henan provinces, It is connected to the Phase II project of the Yangxin Expressway Mall to the boundary between Henan and Hubei provinces planned by Henan Province, and the overall route runs in a north-south direction. The total length of the route is about 32 kilometers, constructed according to the standard of a two-way four lane highway, with a design speed of 100 kilometers per hour and a roadbed width of 26.0 meters. We plan to build 7517 meters/22 bridges, 8303 meters/6.5 tunnels, 3 interchanges, 1 service area, 2 toll management stations, 1 monitoring sub center, and 1 maintenance work area. The total investment is estimated to be approximately 5.15 billion yuan. Editor/Zhao E
The first phase of the Brussels Airport Light Rail Line project in Belgium has been launched, which will build a new 12 kilometer line connecting the northern part of Brussels with Zafentyre Airport. It is planned to be opened by the end of 2030, with a total travel time of about 30 minutes. The route serves areas such as Schalke and Everl, and the airport has an airport terminal building Technics、 Da Vinci made three stops and crossed the ring road through a tunnel, setting up stations in places such as Caligulan. The city center section will be connected to the existing light rail network Line 62 near NATO. The project requires the construction of approximately 4 kilometers of track, including a 300 meter Brussels section, with a total investment of 240 million euros and an estimated daily passenger flow of 10000 people, to be operated by Stib. Editor/Cheng Liting
On February 2, 2026, Ruipu Lanjun announced that it is expected to make its first profit in 2025, with a net profit of 630 million to 730 million yuan, a turnaround of about 2 billion yuan from 2024. This is due to the increase in shipments of power and energy storage batteries driving revenue growth, and the improvement in capacity utilization and cost reduction and efficiency improvement driving gross profit growth. In 2024, its losses will be significantly reduced, with shipments exceeding 23GWh in the third quarter. In 2025, Ruipu Lanjun will focus on the three major sectors of energy storage, passenger vehicles, and commercial vehicles, launching multiple battery cells and system products in various segmented tracks to accurately capture growth potential points. Editor/Cheng Liting