[Largest Sodium-Ion Battery Project in China Completes First Phase] Recently, the first phase of the Honghu City 100 MW/200 MWh sodium ion energy storage power station demonstration project, constructed by China Power Construction, has passed the completion acceptance. This project is one of the first pilot demonstration projects for new energy storage in Hubei Province. The completed capacity in this phase is 50 MW/100 MWh, and a new 50 MW 110 kV substation and a 110 kV transmission line will be built to connect to the 110 kV Maojiang substation. The power station is currently the largest sodium ion battery energy storage project under construction in China, constructed by Hubei Engineering Company, a subsidiary of China Power Construction Corporation, reflecting China's progress in the application of new energy storage technologies.Editor/Yang Meiling

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• 2026.04.03 16:07
• [The domestically produced largest diameter hard rock TBM is offline]
• 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

• 2026.04.03 15:53
• [China Kazakhstan's $125 million large order landed]
• 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