[Weihai International Signed Contract for Congo (Kinshasa) Water Plant Project]The General Manager of Congo (Kinshasa) Zhengwei Company signed the contract for the Phase III project of Kinshasa Ouzuo Inner Water Plant with the person in charge of the execution unit of the Congo (Kinshasa) Water Project on behalf of the company at Tsinghua University. This project is the final phase of the construction of the Eurozone Water Plant, with a construction period of 20 months and a trial operation and operation period of 6 months. After the completion of the project, the daily water treatment capacity of the entire Eurozone water plant will reach 330000 cubic meters, which can meet the water demand of nearly seven million people in the Kinshasa region. Compilation/Ma Xue
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