At 7:46 am on July 2, a Long March 4B carrier rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China to put an HY-2E oceanographic research satellite into a preset orbit.
China’s first 550-megawatt F-class gas turbine project was fully operational on June 30. The project was built by China Huaneng Group Co., Ltd., in Tongnan District of Chongqing Municipality.
The water supply project in the small Kenyan town of Nandi Hills passed its final acceptance inspection on June 26. The project, constructed by China Railway No.10 Engineering Group Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Railway Group Limited, stands as a testament to China-Kenya friendship and serves as an example of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation.
Construction of the ±800 kilovolt ultra-high-voltage direct-current electricity transmission project in northeastern Brazil began on June 24.
The first unit of the Shuangjiangkou Hydropower Station was connected to the grid on June 26 in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province.
Distinguished by the national flag livery, a China-made C919 aircraft, operated by China National Aviation Holding Corporation Limited (Air China), landed at Yan’an Nanniwan Airport in Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province on June 24, marking the first commercial flight of the aircraft to Yan’an, one of China’s old revolutionary base areas.
The main bridge of the Qinglongmen Grand Bridge in East China’s Zhejiang Province was successfully closed on June 23. It is the world’s longest three-tower cable-stayed bridge with steel box girders.
Commercial Aircraft Corp of China's domestically developed C909 regional jet has carried more than 37 million passengers over a decade of commercial service, the planemaker said, underscoring the country's efforts to build a home-grown civil aviation industry as it expands the aircraft's presence in China's regional markets and overseas.
