[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
At the beginning of 2026, several provinces have held annual water conservancy work conferences and clarified investment plans. Fujian Province plans to invest 50 billion yuan, Henan Province aims to exceed 60 billion yuan, and Shanxi Province expects to invest over 22 billion yuan. Hebei Province emphasizes that it will continue to maintain a high level of water conservancy investment.
The official proposal is that by 2026, the national water conservancy construction will maintain a large-scale and high-level trend, and the planning of each province has formed a hierarchical layout. Hubei Province plans to promote a number of major water network projects and has established a billion yuan water conservancy industry fund by 2025 to prepare for major water conservancy project investments during the 15th Five Year Plan period.Editor/Gao Xue
At the beginning of 2026, data shows that China Power Construction and China Energy Construction will achieve significant growth in their wind power business by 2025. The newly signed contracts for wind power by China Power Construction increased by 54.67% year-on-year, reaching 182.874 billion yuan, while the solar energy business decreased by 33.36% during the same period. The signing amount of China Energy Construction's new energy business reached 592.578 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.70%.
Wind power has become a key investment focus due to its better grid adaptability, and energy storage business is growing synchronously. The two companies have achieved significant results in expanding their overseas markets, with overseas contract amounts increasing by 27.84% and 9.05% respectively, and have obtained multiple billion dollar new energy projects in countries such as Saudi Arabia.Editor/Gao Xue