New China-Europe freight train links China's Jiangxi, Uzbekistan -- A new China-Europe freight train running between eastern China's Jiangxi Province and Uzbekistan has been launched. The train loaded with steel coils, garments and daily items, valued at 1.8 million U.S. dollars, departed from Ganzhou city July 7 and is expected to leave China through Horgos in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, arriving in Tashkent 12 days later.
New high-speed rail opens along ancient silk road -- A new high speed railway linking Baoji city in northwest China's Shaanxi Province with Lanzhou, capital of neighboring Gansu Province, started operation July 9. Thanks to the new route, northwest China's Gansu and Qinghai provinces as well as Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have been connected to the national high-speed rail network. It also marks the expansion of a high-speed rail line along the ancient Silk Road, a trade route which connected China and Eurasia two thousand years ago but used to take months for people to travel on camelback.
Chinese company wins acclaim in Ethiopia's construction sector -- Celebrating the structural completion of a landmark building in Ethiopia on July 7, China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) has received praise for its effective handling of construction projects in the east African country. CSCEC, together with its client National Oil Company (NOC) Ethiopia, on July 7 marked the topping out ceremony for the 20-story building at the heart of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. The building will be the head office of NOC Ethiopia.
Main structure of world's longest cross-sea bridge finished -- The main structure of world's longest cross-sea bridge linking Hong Kong, Zhuhai, and Macao was finished on July 7, bridge builders said. It has taken seven years to build the bridge, which will be open to traffic at the end of the year, said Zhu Yongling, director of the management bureau of the bridge. The main structure measures 29.6 kilometers, consisting of a 22.9-km bridge section and 6.7-km underground tunnel. The bridge's total length is 55 kilometers.
Chinese-built hydropower plant delivers genuine benefits to Cote d'Ivoire locals -- A magnificent building has emerged at the Sassandra River of western Cote d'Ivoire in Africa, about 400 km from its economic capital of Abidjan. About a week ago, a ceremony was held to officially mark the start of electricity generation at the Soubre hydroelectric power station, a hydropower plant built by a Chinese company with a capacity of 275 MW. The power station, the construction of which began in 2013, was completed eight months in advance, creating a new "Chinese miracle."
Ethiopia to inaugurate 2 Chinese built industrial parks -- Ethiopia is to inaugurate two Chinese built industrial parks in September, as the East African nation strives to become the continent's manufacturing hub. The statement was made on July 10 by Tadesse Haile, state minister of economic affairs at the office of the Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn. The two industrial parks are the Dire Dawa Industrial park 446 kilometers east of Ethiopia's capital city Addis Ababa and the Adama Industrial Park 99 km east of Addis Ababa.
Chinese automaker's plant in Indonesia starts production -- China's automaker Wuling Motors officially started production July 11 in its newly-built facility in Indonesia.Total investments to build the facility, located in Cikarang district's industrial zone in West Java province, were 700 million U.S. dollars, according to Xu Feiyun, president of SAIC GM Wuling Motor Indonesia (SGMWI) that runs the facility.
Chinese company contracted to build Pakistan's largest airport -- China Construction Third Engineering Bureau won a 41-billion ruble ($2.6 billion) contract to engineer, procure, and construct the Allama Iqbal International Airport. It will be Pakistan's largest airport after reconstruction, and local infrastructure will be improved too. It is the largest project that the Third Engineering Bureau has undertaken overseas, marking another important achievement in the Belt and Road Initiative construction. （Source: China Daily）
First Chinese-operated gas regulator station in Egypt tobe operational in September -- The first gas regulator station operated by a Chinese company in Egypt will be operational in September, a company representative said on July 11. The Beni Suef station, operated by China Petroleum Technology & Development Corporation (CPTDC), a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), will start pumping natural gas in September, Qitang Li, a CPTDC representative in Cairo told Xinhua. CPTDC signed a 20-million-dollar deal with Egyptian Natural Gas Company (GASCO) in 2016 to establish three gas regulator stations in Egypt.
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