[China accelerates the large-scale and green development of its computing infrastructure] The latest data released by the National Data Administration recently shows that the eight major national hub nodes of China's "East Data West Calculation" have driven investment of over 200 billion yuan, and the total scale of existing data center racks exceeds 1.95 million standard racks, further highlighting the agglomeration and pulling effects; The urban computing power network with transmission delay controlled within 1 millisecond has been preliminarily implemented in the demonstration area, further optimizing user experience; The lowest energy utilization efficiency of newly built data centers has been reduced to 1.04, further accelerating green and low-carbon development. The National Data Administration stated that in the future, it will further coordinate the integration and coordination of computing power in the eastern, central, and western regions to enhance the efficiency of computing power network transmission; Promote the matching of computing power demand and reduce the cost of computing power usage for research institutions and small and medium-sized enterprises; Promote the construction of clean energy computing power centers and achieve the transformation of green energy into green computing power. Editor/Zhou Yingwen

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• 2024.09.18 11:40
• [Belt and Road: The freight volume of the China-Laos Railway exceeded 10 million tons]
• On December 3, 2021, the China-Laos Railway was officially put into operation, opening a new chapter in economic and trade cooperation between China and Laos and Southeast Asia. As of September 16, 2024, the China-Laos Railway has supervised the inspection and release of a total of 10.002 million tons of import and export goods, with a value of 40.77 billion yuan. During this period, the structure of the goods carried was significantly optimized, and the categories increased significantly from more than 500 to more than 3,000. In particular, in the first eight months of 2024, both cargo volume and cargo value have achieved significant growth, showing strong economic and trade vitality. At the same time, the China-Laos Railway + China-Europe Railway Express international intermodal transport mode runs smoothly, promoting a wider range of international trade. The average daily number of international freight trains on the China-Laos Railway has increased significantly, cross-border transportation has covered many countries and cities, and the cumulative volume of goods transported has exceeded 10 million tons, fully demonstrating the great potential and bright prospects of economic and trade cooperation between China and Southeast Asian countries. Editor/Jiang Mingyue

• 2024.09.18 11:31
• [Wang Yi met with Secretary of the Security Council of the Federation of Russia Shoigu]
• Recently, in St. Petersburg, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee, held an important meeting with Shoigu, secretary of the Russia Federal Security Council. The two sides had an in-depth exchange of views on China-Russia relations, BRICS cooperation, multilateralism and the Ukraine crisis. Wang Yi stressed that the steady development of China-Russia relations has benefited from the guidance of the two heads of state, and expressed support for the work of the Russian BRICS presidency. For his part, Shoigu affirmed the achievements of Sino-Russian cooperation and looked forward to the complete success of the Kazan summit of BRICS leaders. The two sides also expressed their respective positions on the Ukraine crisis, and China reaffirmed its objective and fair attitude and is committed to promoting a political settlement of the crisis. Editor/Jiang Mingyue