China's record number of satellite applications filed with the International Telecommunication Union is set to energize the entire space industry chain, from manufacturing to launching, propelling the nation's aerospace sector into a new phase of industrial scale-up and capability building, experts said on Tuesday.
Peruvian consumers received shipments from Chinese e-commerce sellers through an innovative logistics model recently. It marked the first time that Chinese sellers have adopted ocean freight and employed an express company for customs clearance to enter the Peruvian market. As a new shipping solution with competitive pricing, the model is expected to boost the cost-effectiveness of Chinese products in the global e-commerce market.
The Sichuan section of the Second Sichuan-to-East Gas Transmission Pipeline, a major project in the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25), is now operational. By expanding the natural gas transmission channels linking Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality and Sichuan Province to other regions, this project marks a key progress in the construction of China’s east-west interconnected natural gas pipeline network.
Having completed the 168-hour full-power continuous operation test, the Unit 2 of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) Zhangzhou nuclear power project in East China’s Fujian Province began commercial operation on January 1. This marks the completion of the project’s first phase.
The Pearl River Delta Water Resources Allocation Project has reached a milestone recently as its cumulative water supply exceeded 1 billion cubic meters. Invested in, constructed and operated by Guangdong Holdings Limited, it is a national major water conservancy project and a backbone of the national water network.
The AS700 “Xiangyun,” a manned airship independently developed by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Ltd., has obtained its production certificate (PC). This is the country’s first PC rendered to a domestic manned airship, heralding the mass production and delivery in this regard.
Recently, Unit 5 of the second phase of the Wangting Power Plant, built by China Huadian Corporation Ltd. (CHD), was officially commissioned. It is China’s first fully domestically produced commercial 300-megawatt-class heavy-duty gas turbine project, and its commencement marks the first time the entire industrial chain for the localization of commercial gas turbines in China has been fully connected.
China’s first million-tonne near-zero-carbon steel production line has been fully commissioned at the Zhanjiang plant of Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., the flagship subsidiary of China Baowu Steel Group Corporation Limited, in Zhanjiang, South China’s Guangdong Province.