China General Nuclear Power Corp has accelerated its clean energy initiatives both domestically and internationally throughout 2023, continuously increasing the share of renewable energy in the company's power generation portfolio.
The total profits of China's centrally-administered State-owned enterprises amounted to 2.6 trillion yuan ($362.36 billion) in 2023, while their operating revenue reached 39.8 trillion yuan, according to data released by the country's top state assets regulator.
China Eastern Airlines is scheduled to operate 3,280 flights per day during the upcoming Spring Festival travel rush which will start on Jan 26 through to March 5, up 42 percent year-on-year, and China's first self-developed narrow-body jet C919 will serve in the peak traveling season for the first time, according to the Shanghai-based carrier.
A 1.2 million-kilowatt new energy project, also China’s first large-scale wind-photovoltaic power base in Northwest China’s Qinghai Province, has been completed with the recent addition of the 100,000-kW Urt Moron PV power project connected to the grid.
Drilling of a development test well at the Bozhong 19-6 gas field in the Bohai Bay was completed on Jan 15. The deepest depth reached was 5,910 meters, a record high for the Bohai oilfield.
The Mayan Train Route, currently the most important railway project in Mexico under the country’s national strategy, has begun operation.
China has further cemented its position as a global leader in harnessing the power of its rivers to generate clean and renewable energy, as the world's largest clean energy corridor consisting of six hydropower stations along the Yangtze River is generating more green power than ever, said industry experts.
By the end of 2023, the installed capacity of renewable energy power in Henan province exceeded 67 million kilowatts, with the proportion of coal-power installed capacity historically reduced to less than 50 percent, said the State Grid Henan Electric Power Co.