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.
As of December 28, 2025, the annual carbon dioxide (CO2) injection of Xinjiang Oilfield exceeded one million metric tons, making it the first oilfield in China to achieve an annual carbon storage of one million tons. It marks a significant step for Xinjiang Oilfield in the large-scale application of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies, providing important technical support and practical paths for China to achieve its carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals.
Recently, China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) announced that its two Hualong One nuclear power projects have commenced initial fuel loading.
With the export of 2.3 tons of electronic products from Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport in South China’s Guangdong Province, the airport has hit a record high of one million tons in annual throughput for overseas cargo and mail transport.
The Longchang-Luxian-Xuyong railway, a key component of China’s New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor rail service in the western region, has been put into operation and begun freight services, bringing Sichuan Province’s total railway operating mileage to over 7,000 kilometers.
With the final generating unit of the Yinjiang Hydropower Station connected to the power grid, Southwest China’s Sichuan Province has seen its total installed hydropower capacity exceed 100 million kilowatts, marking a historic milestone.
