[Photovoltaic project fully started construction]On January 29, 2026, the Khazna photovoltaic project in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in which Longi and China Electric Power Construction participated, began construction comprehensively. The project is undertaken by China Electric Power Construction as the EPC contractor, with Longi supplying 1.1GW of high-efficiency BC components, equipped with automated cleaning systems and intelligent tracking brackets. It is planned to generate electricity annually to meet the needs of 160000 households and reduce carbon emissions by 2.4 million tons after being put into operation in 2028. This construction highlights the technological and engineering strength of Chinese enterprises in the field of large-scale photovoltaic projects overseas, further strengthening their global market layout.Editor/Bian Wenjun
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