[Ethiopian railway capacity expansion and speed increase] In 2026, Ethiopia Djibouti Standard Gauge Railway Limited plans to double its freight capacity by expanding locomotives and rolling stock. The company is transitioning from a single operator to a diversified group that covers logistics and engineering. At the same time, multiple railway branch projects connecting industries and ports have been launched. To advance the project, the company has signed a technical consulting agreement with China Civil Engineering Corporation. At the national level, the Ethiopian government has initiated preliminary work on the supporting railway connecting Bishovtu Airport. The railway has a total length of 38 kilometers and a designed speed of 200 kilometers per hour. It will be constructed by local enterprises and connected to the Addis Ababa Adama Expressway.Editor/Gao Xue

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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