On August 25, Hubei Port Group Co., Ltd. (Hubei Port Group) launched the first direct shipping route from Jingzhou, Hubei Province, to South Korea and Japan, marking a significant breakthrough for inland ports along the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
The first cross-border renewable energy project in Asia, a 600-megawatt wind power plant in Laos built by Power Construction Corporation of China (PowerChina), has been fully connected to the grid and entered commercial operation. The project also provides solid support for Lao’s vision of becoming the “Battery of Southeast Asia”.
On August 25, China FAW Group Co., Ltd. (FAW) launched its inaugural China-Europe freight train, packed with premium auto parts for its Hongqi, Jiefang, and Bestune vehicles, from the company’s logistics hub to Europe.
On August 26, China successfully launched a new group of low Earth orbit satellites from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in Hainan Province.
The auxiliary shaft of the Sanshandao Gold Mine, constructed by China National Coal Group Corporation (China Coal Group), has been safely completed with a final depth of 2,005 meters, setting a new record for the deepest shaft in Asia. This milestone marks a breakthrough in China’s ultra-deep mine construction technology.
On August 21, the domestically developed first-stage turbine blade of the “Huadian Ruiyi” F-class gas turbine achieved an equivalent service duration of more than 2,000 hours at Jiangsu Huadian Qishuyan Power Generation Co., Ltd., setting a new record for the actual operating time of F-class heavy-duty gas turbine first-stage blades in China. This milestone marks a key breakthrough in the independent research and development of high-end turbine machinery core components.
The world’s first 500-kilovolt vegetable oil transformer, developed by Guangzhou Power Supply Bureau of China Southern Power Grid Co., Ltd., has been put into operation at the Zengcheng Substation in Guangzhou, South China’s Guangdong Province.
On August 12, 2005, the first wind turbine of China Datang Corporation Limited (China Datang) began operation in Saihanba, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, marking the company’s breakthrough in wind power and the start of a remarkable journey of green development.
