[In Tangshan, Hebei province, 352 projects were started]On the morning of June 5, 2023, Tangshan City held the activity of concentrated construction of key projects in the second quarter of 2023. 352 projects began concentrated construction, with a total investment of 154.77 billion yuan and an annual planned investment of 48.24 billion yuan. Among them, 58 provincial and municipal key projects, with a total investment of 64.34 billion yuan, annual planned investment of 17.39 billion yuan; There were 294 other projects with a total investment of 90.43 billion yuan and an annual planned investment of 30.85 billion yuan. Among the projects started this time, 108 projects in strategic emerging industries, 54 in the modern service sector, 119 in the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, 26 in infrastructure, 18 in agricultural industrialization and 27 in other areas to strengthen areas of weakness in people's livelihood. Editor/Xue Ma
In 2026, Ethiopia Djibouti Standard Gauge Railway Limited plans to double its freight capacity by expanding locomotives and rolling stock. The company is transitioning from a single operator to a diversified group that covers logistics and engineering. At the same time, multiple railway branch projects connecting industries and ports have been launched. To advance the project, the company has signed a technical consulting agreement with China Civil Engineering Corporation.
At the national level, the Ethiopian government has initiated preliminary work on the supporting railway connecting Bishovtu Airport. The railway has a total length of 38 kilometers and a designed speed of 200 kilometers per hour. It will be constructed by local enterprises and connected to the Addis Ababa Adama Expressway.Editor/Gao Xue
Recently, the first phase of the Honghu City 100 MW/200 MWh sodium ion energy storage power station demonstration project, constructed by China Power Construction, has passed the completion acceptance. This project is one of the first pilot demonstration projects for new energy storage in Hubei Province. The completed capacity in this phase is 50 MW/100 MWh, and a new 50 MW 110 kV substation and a 110 kV transmission line will be built to connect to the 110 kV Maojiang substation. The power station is currently the largest sodium ion battery energy storage project under construction in China, constructed by Hubei Engineering Company, a subsidiary of China Power Construction Corporation, reflecting China's progress in the application of new energy storage technologies.Editor/Yang Meiling