Shaanxi Provincial Forestry Bureau announced that the Yulin sandy land management rate has reached 93.24%, which means that the Mu Us Desert (also known as the Maowusu Desert) is about to “disappear” from the Shaanxi map. Located at the border of Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia provinces, it is one of the four great sandy places in China with a total area of 4.22 million km2. 100,000 people planted trees in a 1-meter spaced row which can go around the Earth’s equator 54 laps .
China State Shipbuilding Corp won China’s biggest shipbuilding order worth 20 billion yuan ($2.82 billion) 4-22-20. Qatar Petroleum ordered 60 LNG carriers under its LNG North Field project, which is designed to produce 59.5 million cubic meters of natural gas.
Qatar plans to boost LNG production to 126 mln T by 2027
* New expansion plans come after drilling, appraisal work
* QP plans to build 2 more LNG mega trains
* Qatar’s LNG production now is 77 million tons per year
1T=1,360m3
Country production(million m3)/year
USA 961,953 2019 est.
Russia 588,000 2019 est.
Iran 240,800 2018 est.
Qatar 104,700 2019 est.
Canada 164,930 2019 est.
China 170,000 2019 est.
The Canada Energy Regulator expects production to fall 1.8% this year to 164,930 million m3/year and to keep declining until hitting a low of 154,970 million m3/year in 2023.
https://twitter.com/globaltimesnews/status/1252849555462189056 Southern Xinjiang’s Aksu plans to build 1,175 5G base stations in 2020 to provide extensive 5G coverage there. By the end of 2021, a total of 2,300 5G base stations will be constructed, enabling more applications in big data, AI, and cloud computing.
Huawei will reportedly launch on April 24 a new DC fast-charging module product, which will act as a solution to NEV charging infrastructures.
The upcoming solution, dubbed “Huawei HiCharger”, has partnered with several Chinese companies, such as State Grid, Star Charge, China Southern Power Grid Electric Vehicle Service Co.,Ltd., Huashang Sanyou, Titans as well as Dalian Luobinsen, according to a local media outlet.
The release of HiCharger signals Huawei’s beginning of the offensive into NEV charging domain. The leading smart device supplier has repeated in the public its ambition to be a core “increment parts” supplier for intelligent-connected vehicle (ICV) rather than a car manufacturer.
https://uic.org/com/enews/687/article/china-china-laos-railway-construction-fully-resumes-of-international-corridor
China-Laos Railway (Vientiane–Boten Railway): Construction fully resumes of international corridor. A key tunnel on the China-Laos Railway (China section) was completed on 4-19-20 morning after three years and eight months of construction. The 4.6-km-long tunnel has a supersized cross-section, reserved space for an additional railway line in the future.
At present, construction has been resumed in all work sites of Yuxi-Mohan Railway, with 22,896 workers on duty, an increase of 21% over the number before the Spring Festival. On 15 February, the Lixin Tunnel was successfully created, and on 13 March, Wanhe Tunnel, the first 10,000-m long tunnel in the whole railway was successfully bored. The boring-through of Malizhai Tunnel on 15 March has played a positive role in promoting the full resumption of the whole railway’s normal construction. As of 25 March, the total investment for Yuxi-Mohan Railway had reached RMB 37.1 billion, and 93%, 80% and 86% of subgrade, bridge and tunnel works on the railway had been completed.
Jiangnan Shipbuilding 江南造船 build large liquefied gas ship delivered in Shanghai 4-17-20, first delivery after the virus outbreak. The ship is a new generation of ultra-large liquefied gas vessel designed by Jiangnan Shipbuilding, with a total design length of 230.0 meters, width of 36.6 meters, depth of 22.2 meters and capacity of 84,000 cubic meters, which is classified by Lloyd’s Register to meet the relevant requirements of the latest IMO regulations.
The top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee will release a proposal Thursday to formally create a new fund to counter Chinese actions in the Pacific, Defense News has learned.
Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, is calling for the creation of an Indo-Pacific Deterrence Initiative (IPDI), with a $6.09 billion invest in fiscal year 2021. The fund would be based on the European Deterrence Initiative, a special DoD fund for projects focused on deterring Russia that was set up in the wake of the annexation of Crimea.
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“The Indo-Pacific has been called our highest priority theater and I believe that is true. It is time to put our money where our mouth is,” Thornberry told Defense News. “This effort consolidates and funds the policies, infrastructure, and platforms needed to reassure our allies and partners while we deter China. It also serves as a benchmark against which we can judge our efforts in the region. We may not be able to get this all done this year, but it is vital that we make a start.
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Construction is being done by China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) at the Tianjin Xingang Shipyard, Tianjin, China and is due to be completed in 2020. https://www.mercyships.org/who-we-are/our-ships/the-global-mercy/?fbclid=IwAR0Cm5liS5AdsDSH4QPMgo3u0u4tW-ksCL5gfc0hRDc4Bo9Gukr_Pgq0IHY
