[The core section of the UAE high-speed railway has been awarded the contract]The civil engineering and station design and construction contract for the first phase of the UAE high-speed rail network has been officially awarded. The total investment of the project is about 57 billion yuan. Several international consortia led by enterprises from the United Arab Emirates, India, Türkiye and other countries have won the bid for Abu Dhabi and Dubai sections respectively. The project is scheduled to be completed and opened to traffic by 2030, marking a crucial progress in the construction of the Middle East high-speed rail network.Editor/Gao Xue
In January 2026, China's fully independently developed 300 MW F-class heavy-duty gas turbine will achieve mass production, with a localization rate of over 98%, and all core thermal components will be independently developed. The combined cycle thermal efficiency of this model has exceeded 64% and has safely operated for over 8000 hours. Its successful mass production marks China's breaking of the long-term technological monopoly of the West, providing key support for ensuring energy security and promoting high-end equipment to go global.Editor/Gao Xue
Wangneng Environment announced an investment of 173 million US dollars to build a waste to energy plant in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. The project processes 1500 tons of garbage per day and adopts a 30-year franchise model, with revenue coming from processing fees and electricity sales. The company said that the fierce competition in the domestic market slowed down, which was a key step to expand the overseas market and echoed the the Belt and Road cooperation framework.Editor/Gao Xue