China Information and Communication Technologies Group Corporation (CICT) has successfully developed a 13,824-core ultra-high-density optical cable, which has already been mass-produced. The cable made its public debut at the 21st Optics Valley of China International Optoelectronic Exposition in Wuhan, the capital of Central China’s Hubei Province, on May 18.
China Unicom Global Limited (China Unicom) unveiled its international communications gateway exchange in Harbin, the capital of Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, and launched the China-Russia Cross-Border Link.
China’s second domestically built large cruise ship, Adora Flora City, set out from the Waigaoqiao dock in Shanghai in the early morning of May 16 for a 12-day sea trial.
Dianjian-1, China’s first satellite for energy engineering, was launched from the Dongfeng commercial launch site near the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China and put into its preset orbit on May 15.
The first automated, unmanned light rail in Central Asia went into service on May 16 in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. The rail is a landmark project of China-Kazakhstan collaboration on infrastructure interconnectivity under the Belt and Road Initiative.
In this first year of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) period, construction of several major Chinese oil and gas infrastructure projects has accelerated. Work on key trunk pipelines and gas storage and peak shaving facilities is progressing steadily, further densifying the national oil and gas transmission network. This increasingly interconnected network lays a solid foundation for building China into an energy powerhouse.
The Asia Link Cable (ALC), which was co-built by 12 domestic and international operators, including China Unicom Global Limited (China Unicom) and China Telecom Global Limited, was connected to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on May 14.
The second phase of the magnetic beneficiation plant in New Tangkeli, Sierra Leone, which is built by China Railway First Group Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Railway Group Limited (CREC), began operations on April 29.
