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April/May


Chengdu Launched Direct Freight Train to Vietnam 成都首发中越跨境直达班列(2022-04-15)

▲图据成都国际铁路港

A freight train loaded with products including Dell-branded computer parts departed from Chengdu International Railway Port on April 15, headed for Yen Vien, Vietnam. This is the first direct train from Chengdu to Vietnam. The whole journey is about 1,841 km, of which about 130 km is outside China. The train will cross China’s border via Pingxiang in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

2022 年 4 月 15 日,载着戴尔电脑零配件等货物的成都首发中越跨境直达班列(成都—安员)缓缓驶出成都国际铁路港。这是成都首发的中越去程班列,线路全程约1841km,经凭祥出境,境外段约 130km。


Airbus Aircraft Lifecycle Service Project Investment Agreement Signed 空中客车飞机全生命周期服务项目签订投资协议(2022-04-16)

Following the signing of the MOU on January 18, the Airbus Aircraft Lifecycle Service Project signed an investment agreement, marking that the project has officially entered the practical operation stage from the design stage, laying a solid foundation for the operation of the project. The total investment of the project is planned to be no less than 6 billion yuan, with proposed land area of 919 mu. The project will break ground in the third quarter of this year and is expected to be completed and put into operation in the third quarter of 2023.

继 1 月 18 日各方签订谅解备忘录之后,“空中客车飞机全生命周期服务项目”签订投资协议,标志着项目从设计阶段正式进入实操阶段,为项目运行奠定了坚实的基础。

空中客车飞机全生命周期服务项目计划总投资不低于 60 亿元,拟用地面积 919 亩。项目将在今年第三季度破土动工,预计 2023 年三季度建成投运。


Chengdu Speeds up the Construction of 100 Billion Photovoltaic Industry Cluster 成都加快打造千亿级光伏产业集群(2022-04-16)

Chengdu’s photovoltaic industry has reached nearly 20 billion yuan. With Shuangliu and Jintang as the core carrier, more than 20 key enterprises such as Tongwei Solar, CNBM Optoelectronic Materials, Trina Solar, and Chuan Kai Electric are gathered to accelerate the promotion of rooftop distributed photovoltaic, gradually explore the innovative practice of photovoltaic power generation application in low light areas, and speed up the construction of a 100 billion level photovoltaic industry cluster represented by Tongwei and Chengdu CNBM.

成都光伏产业规模已近 200 亿元,以双流和金堂为核心承载,集聚通威太阳能、中建材光电、天合光能、川开电气等 20 余家重点企业,加快推进屋顶分布式光伏开发试点,逐步探索出弱光地区光伏发电应用的创新实践,加快打造以通威、成都中建材等为代表的千亿级光伏产业集群。


New Investment and Operation Mode of TOD Park City 全域 TOD 公园城市投资运营新模式(2022-04-18)

The overall plan for Chengdu to build a park city demonstration area practicing the new development concept was officially announced. The overall plan proposes to anchor the objectives of carbon peak and carbon neutralization, optimize the transportation structure, promote the formation of a green and low-carbon circular production mode, guide green travel, innovate the urban investment and operation mode, implement the public transport oriented development (TOD) mode, strengthen the comprehensive development of the area, improve the balance of payments, and promote the land value-added income to be more used for the well-being of the people’s livelihood.

日前,《成都建设践行新发展理念的公园城市示范区总体方案》正式公布。《总体方案》提出,锚定碳达峰、碳中和目标,优化运输结构,推动形成绿色低碳循环的生产方式,引导绿色出行,创新城市投资运营模式,推行以公共交通为导向的开发(TOD)模式,加强片区综合开发,提高收支平衡水平,促进土地增值收益更多用于民生福祉。


Two projects of China’s Computing Network in Chengdu Launched 东数西算 成都两个项目开算(2022-04-22)

Under the background of the National Computing Network to Under the background of the National Computing Network to Synergize East and West, Chengdu Intelligent Computing Center in Pidu District has entered the trial operating stage, and the first phase of Southwest Cloud Intelligent Industrial Base located in Chengdu Qingbaijiang Advanced Fiber Materials Industrial Functional Zone has been built and officially operated.

Chengdu Intelligent Computing Center empowered the industrial upgrading through computing power cluster, organized resources of government, industry, university and research to create a highland of AI industry.

在国家“东数西算”工程正式全面启动的背景下,位于郫都区的成都智算中心已进入试运行阶段,位于成都青白江高性能纤维材料产业功能区的西南云计算智慧产业基地一期建成并正式运行。成都智算中心项目通过算力集群赋能产业升级,拉通政产学研用资源,打造人工智能产业高地。


Main Source: Sichuan Daily, Chengdu Daily 以上信息主要来源:四川日报、成都日报

China-UK cooperation on hydrogen energy ‘has huge potential for growth’  (2022-05-05)

China’s ambassador to the UK, Zheng Zeguang, has praised the China-UK joint efforts in hydrogen energy development and encouraged local governments to strengthen cooperation.


World’s largest hydropower station in China exceeds 10b kWh electricity supply( 2022-05-05)

The cumulative clean power generated by the Baihetan Hydropower Station, the world’s largest hydropower project, which is still under construction, exceeded 10 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) so far this year, another major step in China’s efforts to achieve energy self-sufficiency and green energy goals.

Located in the mainstream of the Jinsha River at the junction of Southwest China’s Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces, the station — being built by Three Gorges Group — is a major project for transferring the abundant hydropower from western China to the country’s major economic powerhouses in the east.


AND MORE

– Specialized, new enterprise alliance founded

– Eco-friendly principles applied to every sector

– Green concept comes alive in Chengdu

– 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games rescheduled, Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games postponed over COVID concerns

– Thailand exports 500 tons of durians to China via China-Laos Railway for the first time

– Value of China-Vietnam cross-border freight trains more than triples in Q1, a stable supply chain for ASEAN

– Expressway opens to traffic in SW China’s Guizhou

– China-Laos Railway sets records for passenger and cargo transportation during the Water Splash Festival

– Building work adds to Laos BRI bonds

– A Long March 3B carrier rocket blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center

– Freight trains between Guiyang, Qinzhou operate regularly

– Experts discuss auto industry transformation, upgrading

– Guiyang to house more luxury brands with new shopping mall

– Bean bonanza as Pu’er coffee gains specialty status

– Goose feathers supply shuttlecocks for SW China factory

Additional Sources: China Daily, Global Times, iChongqing, eGuiyang