[Announcement of Energy Storage Project in Ejina Banner, Inner Mongolia]On January 27, 2026, the Development and Reform Commission of Ejina Banner, Inner Mongolia announced the results of the selection of independent new energy storage projects on the grid side in 2026. There are a total of 6 projects selected this time, with a total scale of 1 GW/4 GWh. The project owners include Ningxia Baofeng Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai Dongjing Green Energy New Materials Co., Ltd., Inner Mongolia Gaoju Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd., Chiku Energy Group Co., Ltd. and other enterprises. Among them, Ningxia Baofeng Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd. was selected for two projects. The public notice period is from January 27th to January 29th, 2026. This project selection marks an important step forward for Ejina Banner in promoting the construction of large-scale energy storage facilities and enhancing the power grid regulation capability.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