Xinjiang Qifeng Wind and Power Project Starts Construction

The Xinjiang Energy Group's new energy 2.5 million kilowatt wind power project has officially started construction in Qitai County, marking a landmark project for a large-scale clean energy base in the autonomous region. The project is divided into three sub projects, supporting three 220 kV collection stations. After being put into operation, the annual clean electricity transmission capacity will reach 4.36 billion kilowatt hours, saving about 1.32 million tons of standard coal and reducing 330000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually. It will effectively promote the green transformation of energy structure in northern Xinjiang. Editor/Cheng Liting

Chinese funded mining downstream project industrial park launched

On October 8, 2026, Indonesian President Prabowo presided over the launch ceremony of 11 Chinese funded mining downstream projects at the Weidabe Industrial Park in Central Hamahira District, North Maluku Province. These projects have a total investment of approximately 10.2 billion US dollars and involve fields such as power batteries, nickel cobalt materials, electrolytic aluminum, new energy engineering machinery, and commercial vehicle manufacturing. Editor/Cheng Liting

Gansu's new energy power output reaches new highs

The new energy power generation in Gansu Province reached 496 million kilowatt hours, surpassing the total electricity consumption of the province for the first time, reaching 103.95% of the province's electricity consumption on that day. At 11:51 on the same day, the maximum output of new energy in Gansu power grid climbed to 28.88 million kilowatts, accounting for 80.8% of the total power generation output in the province at that time. Both electricity and power consumption indicators have broken historical records. Editor/Cheng Liting

Sany Hydrogen Energy wins another green hydrogen equipment order

On October 8, 2026, Sany Hydrogen Energy won the bid for the State Power Investment Da'an Green Hydrogen Project and was awarded a set of 1000 standard cubic meters of alkaline electrolysis hydrogen production equipment. On the same day, the 300000 ton SAF project with a total investment of 9.736 billion yuan was registered in Xinjiang.Editor/Gao Xue

The first direct route to West Africa in southern Zhejiang has been put into operation

On September 30, 2026, the first direct container route to West Africa was opened at Wenzhou Port, and the first direct foreign trade route to West Africa in southern Zhejiang was officially put into operation.Editor/Gao Xue

Great Wall Drilling wins bid for Oman drilling rig project

On October 8, 2026, Great Wall Drilling Oman Branch received a letter of award from MEDCO, winning two 5-year service projects for drilling rigs with a contract amount exceeding 100 million US dollars.Editor/Gao Xue

Qinghai Golmud Plateau Coal-fired Project First Unit Successfully Connected to Grid

The first unit of Qinghai Huadian Golmud Phase I project, constructed by PowerChina Nuclear, was successfully connected to the grid in one attempt. The plant site is located at an altitude of about 2850 meters, making it the highest ultra supercritical coal-fired power project in China. Two 660 MW units are planned for the project, with an annual power generation of 5.94 billion kilowatt hours. They will serve as regulating power sources for the Shage Wilderness Base and overcome multiple high-altitude technical challenges. Editor/Min Jing

Langjiang Pumped Storage Finishes First Domestic Variable Speed Unit Installation

Recently, China's first domestically produced variable speed pumped storage unit was installed in the Langjiang Pumped Storage Project in Zhaoqing, Guangdong, with a 100% localization rate. The project is expected to be put into operation in the first half of 2027, with an annual consumption of over 2.1 billion kilowatt hours of clean energy, which can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 1.9 million tons and have the ability to store and regulate large capacity electrical energy. Editor/Min Jing

eSurfing Intelligent Computing Valley Liquid Cooling Project Wins Energy Approval

The energy-saving report of the Zhejiang Southeast Tianyi Intelligent Computing Valley Equipment Procurement Project has been approved in principle by the Zhejiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission. The project is located in Huangyan District, Taizhou City, with a total investment of 1.361 billion yuan. It adopts cold plate liquid cooling, with a cabinet power of 7192kW. After reaching production capacity, it will generate 1268P intelligent computing power, 50PB storage, PUE value of 1.195, estimated annual power consumption of 62.5 million kilowatt hours, and comprehensive energy consumption of 17700 tons of standard coal. Editor/Min Jing

Guangxi Beibu Gulf Port breaks single voyage roll on/roll off vehicle export record

On October 9, 2026, the Changrongkou ship, loaded with 2727 Chinese cars, set sail from Qinzhou Port Area in Beibu Gulf, Guangxi on the 8th, heading towards Dukum Port in Oman, breaking the historical record for single voyage roll on/roll off car exports from Beibu Gulf Port. This voyage goes directly from Qinzhou to the Middle East without any intermediate transfer, and takes about 15 days to arrive, opening up an efficient new channel for Chinese automotive companies to expand into the Middle East market.Editor/Gong Ziwei

Gansu's new energy power output reaches new highs

On October 9, 2026, it was learned from State Grid Gansu Electric Power Company that the new energy power generation in Gansu Province reached 496 million kilowatt hours, surpassing the total electricity consumption of the province for the first time and reaching 103.95% of the province's electricity consumption on that day. At 11:51 on the same day, the maximum output of new energy in Gansu power grid climbed to 28.88 million kilowatts, accounting for 80.8% of the total power generation output in the province at that time. Both electricity and power consumption indicators have broken historical records.Editor/Gong Ziwei

Billions of Chinese funded projects support deep processing of Indonesian minerals

On October 8, 2026, Indonesian President Prabowo presided over the launch ceremony of 11 Chinese funded mining downstream projects at the Weidabe Industrial Park in Central Hamahira District, North Maluku Province. These projects have a total investment of approximately 10.2 billion US dollars and involve fields such as power batteries, nickel cobalt materials, electrolytic aluminum, new energy engineering machinery, and commercial vehicle manufacturing.Editor/Gong Ziwei

The cross-border delivery network of Inner Mongolia ports is expanding northward

Since 2026, the postal management department of Inner Mongolia has relied on the advantages of Manzhouli and Erenhot ports to add two international land postal routes to Russia, and opened multiple cross-border dedicated lines to the European hinterland. Manzhouli has achieved full coverage of four types of cross-border e-commerce regulatory models. The business volume of Erlianhaote International Mail Exchange Bureau ranks among the top in the country, with over 600 regional cross-border e-commerce filing entities, continuously consolidating the support capacity of northward opening delivery channels.Editor/Cheng Liting

China Laos Railway has sent more than 80 million passengers in total

As of October 9, 2026, China Laos Railway has delivered more than 80 million passengers in the past five years since its opening, and the maximum monthly passenger volume of the whole line is 2.25 million. Four international passenger trains run daily between Kunming and Vientiane, with the fastest cross-border travel time of 9 hours and 36 minutes, and a total of 950000 cross-border passengers have been transported. Cross border tourism along the route continues to heat up, driving a consumption growth of over 35% in cultural and tourism related industries along the route since the beginning of this year. Editor/Cheng Liting

500 kV Liaoxi Liaozhong section strengthening project put into operation

The 500 kV Liaoxi Liaozhong section strengthening project, constructed by State Grid Liaoning Electric Power Co., Ltd., has recently been put into operation. Through the construction and renovation of transmission lines, the transmission capacity from Liaoxi to Liaozhong has been increased by 2.5 million kilowatts. It not only opens up a transmission channel for Liaoxi West wind electric photovoltaic nuclear power, but also strengthens the reliability of power supply in Liaozhong load center, fills the weak links in the regional power grid, and provides strong grid support for the consumption of new energy and industrial electricity in Liaoning. Editor/Cheng Liting

All New Platforms Installed at CNOOC Yinggehai Ledong Gas Field

Recently, the second newly built platform of CNOOC Ledong 22-1 gas field comprehensive adjustment project has completed offshore installation, and all platforms are in place. As the first offshore marginal gas field group secondary development project in China, the project relies on the coordinated exploitation of new and old facilities, and will ensure the energy supply of Hainan Free Trade Port after production. Editor/Min Jing

CR25G Completes 90% of Continuous Beams for Qingdao Rail Link

On October 6, 2026, the double beams of the Xifenghe Extra Large Bridge on the Weisu High speed Railway to Qingdao Connection Line, which CR25G participated in, were successfully closed, and the continuous beam construction of the entire line exceeded 90%. The construction conditions of the project are complex, and multiple digital technologies are used to ensure the quality of the project. After completion, it will help connect the Jiaodong Peninsula to the outside world. Editor/Min Jing

China's First Triple-Tower CSP Project Goes Live in Qinghai

Recently, China's first three tower photovoltaic thermal base, the Qinghai Gonghe million kilowatt photovoltaic thermal project, was successfully connected to the grid, with a total installed capacity of 1.15 million kilowatts, an average annual power generation of 2.53 billion kilowatt hours, and an annual savings of 794000 tons of standard coal. Clean electricity is transmitted to Henan through Qinghai Henan ultra-high voltage lines. Editor/Min Jing

Etihad Railway opens three stations

On September 30, 2026, the Etihad Railway Dubai Station, constructed by China Railway International, was put into operation. As a result, all three stations of the project, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Fujairah, have been put into operation, and the framework of the UAE passenger railway network has been preliminarily completed.Editor/Gao Xue

Geely signs contract for Kenya electric vehicle project

On October 6, 2026, Kenya signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ndele Wu Group, with Geely as the partner, planning to invest $3 billion to build an electric vehicle assembly plant and charging network.Editor/Gao Xue

Chengdu International Express goes directly to North Africa

Recently, the Chengdu Europe Africa trans Mediterranean multimodal transport line of the Chengdu International Express has successfully opened, connecting the Mediterranean Sea via Türkiye and directly reaching the Port of Casablanca in Morocco.Editor/Gao Xue

China Laos Interconnection Project delivers over 1 billion kilowatt hours of electricity

On October 8, 2026, the cumulative power transmission of the China Laos 500 kV interconnection project exceeded 1 billion kilowatt hours. The China Laos 500 kV interconnection project was officially put into operation on April 20th, and the photovoltaic power from the clean energy base in northern Laos was sent to Yunnan through this channel on the same day.Editor/Gong Ziwei

The first wind power project in Ali, Xizang

Recently, the first wind power project in Ali region of Xizang, CGN Ali Reform 50000 kW Wind Power Project, has completed all wind turbine hoisting recently, and entered the grid connection commissioning phase in an all-round way. It is planned to be grid connected by the end of 2026. The project is located on the Ali Snow Plateau at an altitude of 4600 to 4800 meters, and a total of 10 wind turbines with a single capacity of 5 megawatts will be constructed.Editor/Gong Ziwei

National Day high-speed new energy vehicles have been charged 6.711 million tim

On October 8, 2026, through statistical analysis of 62700 highway charging facilities (guns) included in the national charging facility monitoring service platform, from 0:00 on October 1 to 24:00 on October 7, the total number of charging times for new energy vehicles on China's highways reached 6.711 million, with a charging capacity of 163 million kilowatt hours and an average daily charging capacity of 23.2566 million kilowatt hours, an increase of 51.42% year-on-year.Editor/Gong Ziwei

Golmud-Lhasa Electrification to Welcome Fuxing EMUs on Qinghai-Tibet Railway

The electrification renovation of the Golmud Lhasa section of the Qinghai Tibet Railway will start in November 2026 and is expected to be put into operation in 2029. At that time, the Fuxing Express will directly reach Lhasa, and the travel time from Xining to Lhasa will be reduced to about 14 hours. The external power engineering supporting the project will start construction first, ending the internal combustion traction mode that has been used for 20 years and achieving the localization of power equipment for high-altitude railways. Editor/Min Jing

Chinese Electric Motorcycles See 60% Import Surge in Africa

In the first half of 2026, the amount of electric motorcycles and tricycles imported from China to Africa reached 114.6 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 60%, with Morocco, Egypt, and Algeria being the main importers. China's two wheeled electric vehicles going global are upgrading from whole vehicle exports to an ecological output of supply chain, battery swapping network, and local assembly. Spiro has raised $270 million in financing, and Yadea and Tailing are accelerating the layout of battery swapping and localization. Editor/Min Jing

Sungrow Secures BESS Deal for Albania’s Largest Private Solar Park

Sungrow will provide a 130 megawatt hour battery energy storage system for the Project Blue photovoltaic complex in Feri, Albania, without government subsidies. The project will be equipped with 26 PowerTitan 2.0 and 13 MVS3460-LS units, and plans to add new photovoltaic and energy storage capacity in the future. Sungrow's global installed capacity of power electronic converters has exceeded 1.1 terawatts. Editor/Min Jing

China's first three tower solar thermal base officially unveiled

Recently, the rotor of the variable speed pumped storage unit of the Langjiang Pumped Storage Project in Zhaoqing, Guangdong was successfully hoisted, marking the completion of the main installation of China's first domestically produced variable speed pumped storage unit.Editor/Cheng Liting

Construction of offshore carbon injection and gas enhancement main body

On October 4, 2026, it was learned from CNOOC that the main construction of the new central platform for the Dongfang 1-1 gas field, China's first offshore carbon injection and gas enhancement technology demonstration application project, has been completed and entered the commissioning stage. After the project is put into operation, it can store over 1 million tons of carbon dioxide annually in the seabed strata.Editor/Cheng Liting

Bayan Oilfield's daily crude oil production exceeds 5000 tons for the first time

According to China National Petroleum Corporation, the daily crude oil production of Bayan Oilfield located in the Hetao Basin of Inner Mongolia has reached 5080 tons, breaking through the 5000 ton mark for the first time and setting a new historical high, marking a new milestone in the increase of reserves and production in the Huabei Oilfield New Area of China National Petroleum Corporation.Editor/Cheng Liting