[Multiple provinces finalize 2026 water conservancy investment plan] At the beginning of 2026, several provinces have held annual water conservancy work conferences and clarified investment plans. Fujian Province plans to invest 50 billion yuan, Henan Province aims to exceed 60 billion yuan, and Shanxi Province expects to invest over 22 billion yuan. Hebei Province emphasizes that it will continue to maintain a high level of water conservancy investment. The official proposal is that by 2026, the national water conservancy construction will maintain a large-scale and high-level trend, and the planning of each province has formed a hierarchical layout. Hubei Province plans to promote a number of major water network projects and has established a billion yuan water conservancy industry fund by 2025 to prepare for major water conservancy project investments during the 15th Five Year Plan period.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