A subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has completed the construction of China’s largest LNG storage base, a move that aims to ensure energy security and support green growth in the Yangtze River economic belt. The base in the city of Yancheng, east China’s Jiangsu Province, has a group of gas tanks with a combined LNG storage capacity of 2.5 million cubic meters, the company said. It has four tanks each with a storage capacity of 220,000 cubic meters and six larger tanks each with a storage capacity of 270,000 cubic meters. Li Feng, vice president of CNOOC…
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China’s first commercial spacecraft launch site is ready for operations in south China’s Hainan Province as of Sunday, having completed a rocket launch simulation rehearsal using its two launch pads. According to the Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Co., Ltd. (HICAL), which built and operates the launch site, the exercises performed using the launch pads included water spraying and deluge system cooling, as well as a rocket lifting arm erection test. Following assessments, HICAL confirmed that the site is operational for launch missions. HICAL President Yang Tianliang called on the company to work with satellite and rocket developers, and to…
“The visit by Peruvian President will help to solidify the excellent state of relations between both countries and will contribute to increasing trade and investment,” said Carlos Aquino Rodríguez, director of the Centre for Asian Studies, at San Marcos National University in Peru in a recent interview with China News Network, while talking of bilateral relations between Peru and China. President Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra of the Republic of Peru is on her ongoing state visit to China from June 25 to 29. In the context, Aquino shared his opinions on Latin America-China relations, bilateral economic and trade cooperation, and…
The Handbook of The Belt and Road, an encyclopedic account of the Belt and Road Initiative, was launched in multilingual versions on June 20 in Beijing. The book involved 110 scholars as writers to offer 498 entries, as “we strive to comprehensively and systematically reflect the latest progress and latest expressions of the initiative”, said Zhao Jianglin, one of the executive editors of the book and a researcher from the Institute of European Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The idea of publishing the book, by Cai Fang and Peter Nolan, first surfaced in 2017. It has been revised and…
China has launched a new initiative called the “Belt and Road Skills-Building-Dreams Action” to strengthen international skills cooperation among participating countries. Announced by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on Tuesday, the action aims to promote joint vocational standards, share training resources, cultivate skilled trainers, achieve mutual recognition of training certificates and establish cooperative brands. These efforts ultimately aim to empower the economic and social development of BRI countries. Over 30 cooperation agreements were signed during the launch ceremony in southwestern China’s Chongqing Municipality. Representatives from Laos, Romania and China shared their experiences in skill cultivation cooperation at…
The second Belt and Road International Skills Competition ended in Southwest China’s Chongqing city on Wednesday night. Fourteen golds out of the total 18 were won by teams from countries and regions in Asia, three by those from Europe and one from Oceania, according to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, one of the organizers of the competition. Phengyang Yiachue, bronze winner of the rail signal control technology from Laos, said that he has gained very useful experience from the competition and learned a lot by meeting competitors from different countries and regions. Ahmed Faozi from Morocco said…
The Astana Light Rail Project in Kazakhstan, a key undertaking under the Belt and Road Initiative and also the first railway in Central Asia being constructed with Chinese standards, is progressing swiftly. According to the one of the builders from Yunnan Construction Investment Group, the whole project is anticipated to be completed and start trial operation by September 2026. Wei Hua, deputy Party secretary and chairman of Yunnan Construction Investment Group, said: “The total investment for Phase 1 of the Astana Light Rail Project is $1.888 billion, with a total length of 22.4 kilometers. Our company is in charge of…
Vietnam is considering three railway routes linking with China under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the “Two Corridors, One Belt” initiative, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said Thursday. Speaking at the Vietnam-China strategic transport infrastructure development cooperation conference held in Beijing, Chinh said the three railway routes under consideration are: Lao Cai-Hanoi-Hai Phong, Lang Son-Hanoi, and Mong Cai-Ha Long-Hai Phong. The initial focus would be on the Lao Cai-Hanoi-Hai Phong route, he added. The Vietnamese government will ask research agencies to draft an inter-governmental treaty for deployment of the three railway routes with focus on “preferential loans from…
China has built the world’s first passenger train made from carbon fibre, a material that makes it much lighter and more energy-efficient than conventional trains. The metro train – known as Cetrovo 1.0 or the Carbon Star Rapid Transit – was unveiled in Qingdao, in the eastern province of Shandong, on Wednesday. It has completed in-factory testing and is ready to go into operation in the coastal city later this year, according to its developer Qingdao Sifang Rolling Stock Co, a subsidiary of China Railway Construction Corporation. The train’s main load-bearing structures – including car body and bogie frame – are built with…
The China Wildlife Conservation Association (CWCA) and Austria’s Schonbrunn Zoo on Wednesday signed an agreement to strengthen cooperation on the protection of giant pandas and related research. A new pair of giant pandas from the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda will be sent to Austria under a 10-year project, according to the agreement. To ensure the pandas’ health in Austria, Chinese experts traveled to the country earlier this year to offer guidance on facilities, feeding, food management and health care. Established in 1752, Vienna’s Schonbrunn Zoo is one of the world’s oldest zoos still in operation,…