China Starts Large-scale Construction of Ultra-high Voltage Grid on Nov 4, 2014

Construction of the Lanzhou-Urumqi High-Speed Railway starts on Nov 4, 2009. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]

China starts large-scale construction of ultra-high voltage grid on Nov 4, 2014

Construction of the Huainan-Nanjing-Shanghai ultra-high voltage (UHV) alternating current (AC) grid, the Xiliin Gol League-Shandong UHV AC grid and the Ningdong-Zhejiang UHV direct current (DC) project started on Nov 4, 2014, marking the beginning of China's large-scale construction of ultra-high voltage grids.

Built by State Grid Corporation of China, the three projects were valued 68.3 billion yuan ($9.7 billion).

Nearly 60,000 jobs were created thanks to the projects.

In addition, they brought about an increase of production value in the equipment manufacturing industry of about 24.6 billion yuan and inspired about 200 billion yuan of investment in power plants and coal mining.

Lanzhou-Urumqi High-Speed Railway starts construction on Nov 4, 2009

The Lanzhou-Urumqi High-Speed Railway, the world's longest to be built in one continuous period, started construction on Nov 4, 2009.

It is also a major part of the railway sections of the Eurasian Continental Bridge.

The railway, on which trains can run at a maximum speed of 250 kilometers per hour, starts from Lanzhou West Railway Station in Northwest China's Gansu Province and terminates at the Urumqi Railway Station in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Many Chinese central SOEs including China Railway Group Limited and China Railway Construction Corporation Limited contributed to the construction of the 1775.779-kilometer track. 

(Executive editor: Wang Ruoting)