[Beijing will focus on cultivating future energy in 2026]On January 21, 2026, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology issued a notice on carrying out the "Creating a Winning Future" growth plan in 2026, which clearly listed hydrogen energy, new energy storage, carbon capture and storage utilization, fusion energy, and other key areas for future energy cultivation. According to the policy, enterprises that participate in public roadshows can obtain tiered support of no more than 10 million yuan through the "allocation to investment" method, and agree on conversion conditions. Innovation teams need to complete enterprise registration before they can receive support, with the aim of promoting technological innovation and industrial transformation in the energy sector.Editor/Yang Meiling
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