China’s first Hualong One 3rd-generation nuclear power plant in Fuqing, Fujian Province, achieved its first grid connection and power generation early Friday, breaking the foreign technology monopoly.
Hualong One 3rd-generation nuclear power plant
China discovers world’s smallest dragonfly in Sichuan
There are approximately 5,000 dragonfly species in the world. China is home to more than 990 species, more than any other country.
Giant panda birth in Japan
A new bishop ordained in Qingdao
A new bishop was ordained in a Catholic cathedral in Qingdao, Shandong on Mon, marking the first bishop consecration being publicly reported after China and Vatican announced the renewal of their agreement on bishop appointments.
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Chang’e-5 lunar probe mission
China leads the industry that powers electric cars by a country mile
- China has 72 gigawatt hours of domestic battery demand, controls 80 per cent of the world’s capacity for raw material refining, with the capacity to produce 77 per cent of worldwide battery cells and 60 per cent for components
- Control over the global supply of EV batteries are expected to remain in the hands of the Chinese, Japanese and South Korean producers, analysts said
RCEP signing
China and 14 Asia Pacific economies (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Viet Nam, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Australia) on Sunday officially signed the RCEP, which is said to be the world’s largest trade pact, in a virtual ceremony. The signing of the RCEP would help the Asia Pacific region take the global lead in recovering from the COVID19 pandemic and reduce US hegemony in the region.
The deal will create what is believed to be the world’s largest free trade zone, covering about one-third of the world’s total population and GDP. It will be also Japan’s first free trade framework with its vital trading partners China and South Korea.
Chinese firms to build largest cross-sea cable-stayed bridge in Latin America
A joint venture of China Railway 20th Bureau Group Co and China Communications Construction Co signed a contract to build a cross-sea cable-stayed bridge in Salvador with the Brazilian state of Bahia on Thursday, meaning the construction of the largest such bridge in Latin America will kick off.
Located in Salvador, the capital of Bahia state in Brazil, the Salvador Bridge is designed to be 46.8 kilometers long.
One of the highlights of the bridge will be the 12.4-kilometer cross-sea section, with the main tower topping up at 205 meters and a maximum span of 450 meters.
The depth of water in the area reaches 60 meters.
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