News CIOB’s Art of Building show wows Chengdu The CIOB in China has turned the institute’s renowned online photography competition, Art of Building, into a popular, live exhibition in the southwestern city of Chengdu. Art of Building celebrates…
News China and Russia agree to build second rail bridge over the River Amur A railway bridge between China and Russia over the Amur river in southeast Siberia was approved last week, website RailFreight.com reports. The bridge will connect the city of Mohe in…
Perspectives Honduras switches to China in search of aid and infrastructure Honduras’ recent decision to break diplomatic relations with Taiwan in favour of China was driven by the country’s need for investment in construction and development, and the calculation that this was more likely to come from the People’s Republic.
News China working on dredger twice as powerful as those that built islands in South China Sea China is working on an “island builder” super-dredger that will be significantly more potent than the most powerful existing ships, the South China Morning Post reports. The dredger will have…
News China and Myanmar in talks to resume work on 1,000km railway According to the government of Myanmar, talks are under way on restarting a 1,215km railway across the country, between China’s Yunnan province and the Bay of Bengal, Voice of America…
News Chinese consortium to repair and upgrade Zambia’s Copperbelt highway A Chinese consortium has agreed to fund and carry out a $650m toll road project in Zambia. According to the South China Morning Post, the aim is to upgrade the…
News China Railways to debut 450km/h bullet train “in near future” China Railways has announced plans to develop a bullet train capable of standard operating speeds of 450km/h. The CR450 train will be the latest model in the CR400 Fuxing (“Rejuvenation”)…
News China completes world’s second largest hydropower project China has completed work on the Baihetan hydropower project on the upper Yangtze, the second largest in the world with a capacity of 16GW, Xinhua reports. The project’s 289m double-curvature…
News Report reveals “extraordinary” growth of coal-power approvals in China China approved 106GW of coal-fired power stations last year, the biggest increase since 2015, a report finds. The report’s authors, Finland’s Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA)…
News Sinopec launches world’s biggest green hydrogen project in Inner Mongolia China’s state-owned energy company Sinopec broke ground on an $828m green hydrogen facility last week in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The company called it the “world’s largest green hydrogen-coal…
News China to finance and build highway in Bosnia and Herzegovina A Chinese consortium is to lend $190m to Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s autonomous Serbian province, to build a highway toward Serbia
News Beijing sets target of building 245 museums over next 12 years China’s state news agency, Xinhua, has announced plans by the Beijing Municipal Cultural Heritage Bureau to increase museum construction in the city. The plan states that by 2035 there will…
News Chinese researchers develop self-deicing asphalt Researchers from Hebei University of Science and Technology have developed an additive for asphalt that may keep roads ice-free and negate the need to spread salt on the surface. Their…
News China starts second phase of asteroid defence radar Construction has begun on the second phase of China’s “compound eye”, a radar system that scans space in search of asteroids on a collision course with the Earth. It is…
News Russia to invest almost $100bn in gas pipelines to China Russia’s deputy prime minister has said the construction of two gas pipelines from Russia to China will attract up to $94bn in direct investment, news agency TASS reports. Writing in…
News $1.2bn cost hike for Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway The governments of China and India have agreed to a budget increase of $1.2bn to complete the China-financed high-speed railway running between the Indonesian capital Jakarta and its third largest…
News China Railway pays $600m for another stretch of Chile’s main highway China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) has increased its ownership of Chile’s main highway by paying $600m for the right to toll a 169km stretch of Route 5 between Chillán in…
News China Three Gorges begins work on offshore wind farm with world’s largest turbines China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG) has begun work on the first offshore wind scheme to employ 16MW turbines. The company is installing the units on the second phase of its…