China First Heavy Industries (CFHI) successfully produced an ultra-large, ultra-long vertical casting billet measuring 1.6 meters in diameter and 12.5 meters in length, breaking the world record created by itself in 2025. The successful production marks the country’s impressive progress in independently manufacturing ultra-large, high-grade steel billets for high-end heavy equipment.
The world’s largest clean energy corridor operated well in the first quarter of 2026, ensuring a stable water supply, smooth navigation, energy security and ecological preservation along the Yangtze River.
China’s first 180,000-cubic-meter liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier, independently designed and built by China Merchants Shipbuilding Industry Group Co., Ltd.(CMI), a subsidiary of China Merchants Group, was completed in Nantong, East China’s Jiangsu Province, ready for delivery.
The world’s largest pile-driving vessel, the Tie Jian Da Qiao Zhuang 1, was recently launched in Nantong City, in East China's Jiangsu Province.
The L Site wind farm in the sea area north of the Shandong Peninsula, China’s deepest offshore wind power project, achieved full-capacity connection to the grid on April 7.
The first turbine of the Sanshandao VI offshore wind farm, a project of China Huadian Corporation, Ltd., in Yangjiang, South China’s Guangdong Province, was installed on April 9.
The river ports of Shandong Marine Group Ltd. (SDMG) made an impressive start in 2026, as their multiple indicators in the first quarter shattered records. Their performances laid a solid foundation for achieving the annual goal of pursuing innovation and efficiency.
The China-Laos 500-kilovolt interconnection project, China's first 500-kV cross-border alternating current interconnection cable system, was commissioned on April 20, with the massive power line linking the countries officially switched on.
