[6,900 kilometers! Chongqing expressway network planning announced] Recently, the Chongqing Municipal government approved the "Chongqing Expressway Network Plan (2023-2035)", in accordance with the idea of enhancing national channels, encrypting Chengdu-Chongqing connections, and improving the municipal network to optimize the road network layout, planning a new expressway mileage of 1,300 kilometers, and strive to reach about 6,900 kilometers by 2035, the city's expressway network scale. By 2050, the scale of the expressway network will reach about 8,500 kilometers, forming a four-ring 22-shot 60-line expressway network layout. On the basis of the layout of the three-ring and 18-shot multi-link expressway network in the 2019 edition, a ring expressway is encrypted between the three-ring expressway and the ring expressway to form a four-ring pattern; Four new radial expressways were added to strengthen the resilience of the east-west national expressway network and strengthen the link between Chengdu-Chongqing dual-core cities. The original branch expressways and urban loop expressways will be uniformly adjusted to connect. After adjustment, 4 ring lines are about 1,047 kilometers, 22 rays are about 3,354 kilometers, 60 connecting lines are about 4,100 kilometers, and 20 original road widening projects are about 1,688 kilometers. Editor/Xu Shengpeng

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• 2024.10.09 10:18
• [Qiongzhou Strait transportation new energy vehicle ship successfully docked]
• On the afternoon of October 8th, under the on-site escort of the Guangdong Zhanjiang Maritime Bureau's "Haixun 0927" ship, the first flatbed cargo ship dedicated to the transportation of new energy vehicles in the Qiongzhou Strait, the "Green Source No. 1" ship, slowly entered the Xuwen Hai'an New Port, marking the successful trial operation of the ship's roll on/roll off transport route in the Qiongzhou Strait. It is reported that the deck cargo ship "Green Source No.1" has a total tonnage of 6731, a net tonnage of 3769, a length of 125.8 meters, and a width of 28 meters. The ship adopts a single-layer deck design, which can carry more than 160 new energy vehicles on a single voyage under full load conditions. The parking capacity is about 60% higher than that of existing passenger and roll on/roll off transport ships. The ship is planned to be deployed on the route from Hai'an New Port in Zhanjiang to Xiuying Port in Haikou. After being put into operation, it will add a new mode of sea transportation for new energy vehicles in the Qiongzhou Strait and effectively alleviate the tense situation of insufficient capacity for new energy vehicle transportation during the peak period of cross sea vehicle transportation in the Qiongzhou Strait. Editor/Zhou Yingwen

• 2024.10.09 10:15
• [Malaysia's energy transition has made progress]
• On October 9, 2024, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Fadhila stated that Malaysia has made progress in improving energy efficiency and that "energy conservation" has become the key to energy transition. Meanwhile, Malaysia will promote the ASEAN power grid as a key topic of discussion at the ASEAN Energy Ministers' Meeting. At the 2024 Asia Power and Energy Exhibition, which opened on the 8th, Fadhila revealed that as of June, Malaysia has saved 8769 gigawatt hours of electricity, worth over 2.2 billion ringgit, and plans to reduce 38 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2025. In addition, the Malaysian government has approved the establishment of an energy exchange aimed at selling green electricity to neighboring countries. As the rotating chair of ASEAN in 2025, Malaysia will promote the construction of the ASEAN power grid to promote the promotion of renewable energy and enhance the resilience and reliability of electricity supply in ASEAN member countries. Editor/Zhou Yingwen