A 38.1-meter concrete core sample was successfully extracted from the dam of the Yebatan Hydropower Station on May 11, which is China's highest-altitude double-curvature arch dam power plant under construction, setting a new world record for core sampling in similar arch dams.
In the upper Nam Phay River valley, the Nam Phay Hydropower Plant, China North Industries Group Corporation Limited (Norinco Group)’s first BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) project abroad, has now surpassed 3 billion kilowatt-hours of cumulative power generation.
Located in Yaroslavl, a historic city on the Volga River about 280 kilometers northeast of Moscow, the Huadian-Teninskaya Combined Heat and Power Plant is China Huadian Corporation Ltd. (CHD)’s first large-scale power investment project in Russia.
On May 9, the “Qihang” tunnel boring machine (TBM) began excavation on the south line of the Yellow River tunnel in Jinan, boasting an impressive excavation diameter of 15.06 meters.
The Wanhua Chemical’s Penglai seawater desalination project — China’s largest industrial membrane-based desalination initiative — has kicked off operation.
The delivery ceremony for the 3,000-ton buoy operation vessel Xiangyanghong 17 was held on May 7.
The main tower on the north bank of the Guanyinsi Yangtze River Bridge, the world’s longest-spanned highway cable-stayed bridge constructed by China Railway Construction Bridge Engineering Bureau Group Co., Ltd., was successfully topped out on May 6.
Three new direct routes connecting Shanghai and European destinations, namely Geneva, Milan, and Copenhagen, will be launched in coming months by China Eastern Airlines, which will expand the airline's European network to 15 cities, announced the Shanghai-based carrier on May 8.