China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) began full-scale construction of its first Hualong One nuclear power unit with a cooling tower on November 18, as the first concrete was poured for the reactor building of the Zhaoyuan Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 in East China's Shandong Province.
The China-Guinea Friendship Hospital’s new medical center—China’s first joint medical institution with an African nation—was inaugurated in Conakry on November 12, marking a significant milestone in China–Africa healthcare cooperation. Built by Power Construction Corporation of China (POWERCHINA), the hospital currently sets the highest medical standard in Guinea.
The heavy-lift vessel Da Liang, carrying 12,999 tons of high-speed rail tracks, departed from Yingkou Port in Northeast China’s Liaoning Province and bound for Casablanca, Morocco in North Africa on November 15. This marks the first export of Chinese-manufactured high-speed rail tracks to Africa.
The Qiongjie Wind Power Project, with its highest turbine foundation located at an altitude of 5,370 meters, was successfully connected to the grid on November 17.
Recently, the vessel “Jin Hai Run”, affiliated with Fujian Shipping Company, successfully berthed at the Port of Diliskelesi in Turkiye. The latest development, on top of existing routes to Australia, the Americas and Africa, marks a significant breakthrough for the company in the European market and signals a new stage in its global shipping network.
China Telecom Corporation Limited (China Telecom) has recently achieved a groundbreaking milestone by completing the world’s first hollow-core fiber transmission test over a distance exceeding 100 kilometers. This accomplishment sets a new global record and represents a significant advancement in quantum-classical co-transmission technology.
The first wind turbine at the Hongsibao 105-gigawatt new energy base—part of the Ningxia-Hunan UHVDC project—was successfully installed on November 7, marking a significant milestone in the construction of China’s first gigawatt-scale wind-solar hybrid project located in desert, Gobi and barren areas.
On November 12, the China Power Engineering Consulting Group Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Energy Engineering Group Co., Ltd, successfully conducted deployment and retrieval tests for a 5,000-square-meter high-altitude wind energy capture parachute, at a test site in Alxa Left Banner, Inner Mongolia. This achievement marks a significant advancement toward the practical application of China’s high-altitude wind power generation.
