China is planning to spend $6.3bn to upgrade a stretch of the 1,900km G50 motorway between Shanghai and Chongqing, the World Highways website reports. 

China has connected the world’s biggest flywheel system to its national grid.

Chinese renewables company Envision Energy has announced plans to invest $1bn in a green hydrogen industrial park in Spain. The investment will be made “together with other business partners”, according…

Pakistan’s Economic Coordination Committee has approved a $2bn project to reconstruct a 241km stretch of the celebrated Karakoram Highway in northern Pakistan, newspaper Dawn reports. The road runs from the…

Chinese officials have revealed more details of its plan to build an International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) on the Moon. The aim is to build a base near the satellite’s…

Nigeria’s National Petroleum Company has signed a memorandum of understanding with the China Engineering and Machinery Corporation (CEMC) to build a gas power plant near the capital, Abuja.  Posting on…

The governor of Lagos State in Nigeria has signed a memorandum of understanding with China Civil Engineering (CCECC) for the construction of a bridge over the Lagos Lagoon between the…

China Railway Number 4 Engineering Group (CREC 4) has been chosen to carry out civil engineering works on Morocco’s high-speed rail line between the port of Kenitra, 30km north of…

A team of Chinese researchers is exploring the feasibility of producing building materials on Mars by melting its soil. The possibility of “in-situ resource generation” is being investigated by scientists…

South Korean contractor Daewoo Engineering & Construction said yesterday that it had signed an agreement in principle to team up with China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) to bid for…

Hong Kong’s Independent Commission against Corruption (ICAC) yesterday charged a manager with China Railways 15th Bureau (CR15) with accepting a US$250,000 bribe from a subcontractor. Xu Wenju, 40, deputy general…

China, Tanzania, and Zambia have signed a memorandum of understanding to rehabilitate a 1,860km rail line between Tanzania and Zambia, the Xinhua news agency reports.   The $1bn scheme was…

The chief executive of China Communications has met with Vietnam’s deputy prime minister in Hanoi to offer his company’s services in a range of major infrastructure projects, VN Express reports.…

Australia’s economic policy chief, Treasurer Jim Chalmers, has warned that falling iron ore prices linked to a major slowdown in China’s construction output could lead to a A$3bn hole in…

China Construction New Zealand has told 25 subcontractors that it has suspended work on New Zealand’s tallest building, the 56-storey Seascape residential tower in central Auckland, the New Zealand Herald…

Chinese firm Shengli Oilfield Keer Engineering (Sokec) has signed a memorandum of understanding with South Sudan’s state-owned Nile Petroleum Corporation (Nilepet) to finance and build an oil refinery and storage…

A subsidiary of China Railways is considering investing in the creation of a major port in the West African state of Liberia. The China Railway Construction Bridge Engineering Bureau Group…

Fresh doubts have been cast over Russia’s proposed new gas pipeline through Mongolia to China after the newly-elected Mongolian government published its “Action Program” for 2024-28, prioritising medium and long…