[Ten thousand ton new material project starts construction]On January 8, 2026, the annual production of 10000 tons of polyolefins and alkyl aromatic hydrocarbons project by Apeene officially started in Xuwei New District, Lianyungang, Jiangsu. The first phase of the project will construct a 36000 ton/year poly (alpha olefin) plant, which is a key expansion layout for the company after the successful operation of the demonstration plant in Shaoxing, Zhejiang.
The project aims to enhance the production capacity of high-end synthetic materials and respond to the national new materials industry development strategy. The main leaders and enterprise leaders of Lianyungang City attended the groundbreaking ceremony, marking that this provincial-level major project has entered the substantive construction stage and will inject new impetus into the upgrading of the regional new materials industry. Editor/Gao Xue
On January 13, 2026, PowerChina announced that the company had recently signed two major overseas EPC general contracting contracts. Its subsidiary has signed a contract with a Kazakh enterprise for the first phase of a multifunctional rehabilitation center project worth approximately 6.873 billion yuan. At the same time, another subsidiary consortium signed a contract with a Laotian company for a 770 MW hydropower project worth approximately 8.716 billion yuan. The total amount of the two contracts is approximately 15.589 billion yuan, involving full process services such as engineering construction and equipment procurement. Editor/Gao Xue
In January 2026, the bidding results for the first phase of the renovation and expansion project of the Gucheng Liupi section of the Fuyin Expressway were announced. The consortium formed by Hubei Transportation Investment Group Co., Ltd. and China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Group Co., Ltd. has successfully won the bid, with a bid price of 8.3 billion yuan.
The project is located in Shiyan City, Hubei Province, with a construction mileage of approximately 39.5 kilometers. The main content is the construction of a dual carriageway expressway with six lanes in both directions. After the completion of the project, it will effectively enhance the traffic capacity of this section of the Fuyin Expressway, which is of great significance for improving the regional road network structure and promoting development along the route. The project is implemented using an integrated investor model that combines investment, financing, construction, and operation. Editor/Gao Xue