[Comprehensive construction of Zhongsha Desert wind power project] On January 8, 2026, the site leveling work for the 3rd booster station of the Shattestra wind power project officially began, marking the beginning of the comprehensive construction phase of the world's largest desert wind farm with a total investment of 19.5 billion yuan and an installed capacity of 2GW. The project is jointly developed by China Saudi Arabia Enterprises and includes nearly 2000 100 meter high wind turbines. It is expected to be completed and put into operation in 30 months, with a cumulative power generation of 213 billion kilowatt hours over 25 years. As a key project of Saudi Arabia's 2030 Vision, the project will assist in the transformation of Saudi Arabia's energy structure, reduce significant carbon emissions annually, and demonstrate China's international competitiveness in new energy engineering technology.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