Recently, 6 major highways, 2 major railways, and 3 key water conservancy projects across the country have commenced construction. The specific project commencement details are as follows:

Highways

1. Gansu: Yongjing to Jingping Expressway Construction Project

Commencement date: June 29, 2023

Total investment: 7.058 billion yuan

Project overview:The Yongjing Expressway project starts at Dataizi Village, San Tiaoxian Township, Yongjing County, connecting seamlessly with the Yongda Expressway and intersecting with the Lanyonglin Expressway via a hub interchange. It passes through Hongxianzi Ridge, Bami Mountain, Dongling Township, and Tangwang Town, and ends at Jingping, Lintao County, where it connects with the existing G75 Lanhai Expressway via a hub interchange. The main line is 41.24 km long, with a 2.7 km Tangwang interchange connecting line and a 7.42 km Hongqi interchange connecting line built concurrently. The total investment is 7.058 billion yuan, and the planned construction period is 4 years.

YJ1 section:Shaanxi Road & Bridge Group Co., Ltd.

YJ2 section:Gansu Road & Bridge Construction Group Co., Ltd.

YJ3 section:China Railway 23rd Bureau Group Co., Ltd.

YJ4 section:Sichuan Road & Bridge Construction Group Co., Ltd.

YJ5 section:China Railway 21st Bureau Group Third Engineering Co., Ltd.

YJ6 section:China Railway 20th Bureau Group Co., Ltd.

YJ7 section:Zhonghaiwai Transportation Construction Co., Ltd.

YJ8 section:Shandong Provincial Road & Bridge Group Co., Ltd.

YJ9 section:China Railway Third Bureau Group Co., Ltd.

2. Hebei: Handan-Gangzhou Expressway Cangzhou Section Project

Commencement date: June 29, 2023

Total investment: 17.2 billion yuan

Project overview:The project covers a total area of 1,760.71 hectares, with a route length of 78.329 km. It starts at the border between Hengshui and Cangzhou, passes through Dongguang County, Nanpi County, Yanshan County, and Mengcun Hui Autonomous County in Cangzhou City, and ends at the north of Majiafang Village where it connects with National Highway G205. It is built to a two-way four-lane expressway standard, with a design speed of 120 km/h.

Winning investor:Hebei Expressway Group Co., Ltd. (lead), Hebei Expressway Group Co., Ltd., Hebei Lianshu Highway Engineering Co., Ltd., Hebei Bangda Road & Bridge Engineering Co., Ltd., Hebei Expressway Group Ecological Construction Co., Ltd., Hebei Jixiangtong Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., Cangzhou Transportation Development (Group) Co., Ltd., Cangzhou Road & Bridge Engineering Co., Ltd. (members)

3. Fujian: National Highway G324 Guanqiao Lingdou to Shuitou Xinying Section Project

Commencement date: July 1, 2023

Total investment: 3.68 billion yuan

Project overview:The project starts at Lingdou Village, Guanqiao Town, and ends at Xinying Village, Shuitou Town. The route length is 14.34 km. It is built to the standard of a first-class highway combined with an urban arterial road, with a main road design speed of 80 km/h, two-way eight lanes/six lanes, and a construction period of 3 years.

Winning bidder:Fujian Construction Engineering Group Co., Ltd., Fujian Provincial Institute of Architectural Design and Research Co., Ltd.

4. Guangdong: Huangpu to Nansha Eastern Expressway Nansha Section

Commencement date: July 11, 2023

Total investment: 5 billion yuan

Project overview:The Nansha section starts in the north at the Shawan Waterway Grand Bridge and ends in the south at Jigu Mountain Road (connecting to the Shiziyang Channel), with a total length of about 5.1 km and a main line design speed of 80 km/h. The project is divided into the main line works and the auxiliary road works. The main line works are built to the standard of a first-class highway combined with an urban expressway, two-way six lanes, with a total investment of about 3 billion yuan; the auxiliary road works are urban arterial roads, two-way four to six lanes, with a total investment of about 2 billion yuan. It is expected to be completed by the end of 2025.

Winning units:China Railway Tunnel Group Co., Ltd., China Railway 25th Bureau Group Co., Ltd., China Railway Construction Bridge Engineering Bureau Group Co., Ltd., China Railway Fifth Bureau Group Road & Bridge Engineering Co., Ltd.

5. Zhejiang: Qingtian to Wencheng Expressway (Wencheng Section) Project

Commencement date: July 4, 2023

Total investment: 5.373 billion yuan

Project overview:The starting point is inside Lishan Tunnel at the border between Tangyang Township, Qingtian, and Yuhu Town, Wencheng County. It runs south through Yuhu Town, Zhourang Town, and Zhangtai Township of Daxue Town in Wencheng County, and finally connects to the Wencheng hub. The total length is about 20.4 km. The main line is built to a two-way four-lane expressway standard, with a design speed of 80 km/h.

WQTJ01 section:CCCC Second Highway Engineering Dongmeng Engineering Co., Ltd.

WQTJ02 section:Zhejiang Communications Construction Group Co., Ltd.

WQTJ03 section:China Railway 16th Bureau Group Third Engineering Co., Ltd.

6. Jiangxi: Nanchang Poyang Lake Tourist Highway Bridge Project

Commencement date: June 29, 2023

Total investment: 1.021 billion yuan

Project overview:The project involves the construction of 5 new bridges (including 2 extra-large bridges and 3 large bridges) among Changle Lianwei, Hongqi Lianwei, Jiangxiang Lianwei, Nanhu Wei, and Chengzhu Lianwei in Nanchang County, Xinjian District, and High-tech Zone.

Winning units:China Railway Major Bridge Engineering Group Co., Ltd., Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute (Group) Co., Ltd.

7. Jiangxi: G59 Expressway Xinxin Section Huxingshan Connecting Line Project

Commencement date: July 7, 2023

Total investment: 666 million yuan

Project overview:The Huxingshan connecting line project starts at Yanggu'ao Town, Longhui County, and ends at Xiaoshajiang Town, Longhui County. The total length is 28.93 km. It is built to a second-class highway standard, with some sections using third- and fourth-class highway standards. The construction period is 4 years. 

Construction unit:MCC Road & Bridge

Railways 

1. Zhejiang: Jinhua Railway Hub Expansion and Renovation Project

Commencement date: July 4, 2023

Total investment: 25.7 billion yuan

Project overview: The project covers a total land area of 10,262 mu, including the new Shanghai-Kunming outer bypass line, the Jinhua-Yiwu third and fourth lines, the new Yafan marshalling station, the Yangmeitang railway freight center, and related connecting lines. The Shanghai-Kunming outer bypass line is about 47.92 km long, with a design speed of 160 km/h; the Jinhua-Yiwu third and fourth lines are about 52.86 km long, with a design speed of 250 km/h. The construction period is from 2023 to 2027.

Winning bidder for the advance commencement section:China Railway 10th Bureau Group Co., Ltd. and China Railway 10th Bureau Group Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd. consortium

2. Shandong: Tianjin to Weifang High-Speed Railway Shouguang Section

Commencement date: July 13, 2023

Total investment: 7.8 billion yuan

Project overview:The Shouguang section of the Tianjin-Weifang High-Speed Railway is 43.7 km long, passing through 6 towns and subdistricts: Shuangwangcheng, Taitou Town, Tianliu Town, Shangkou Town, Gucheng Subdistrict, and Luocheng Subdistrict, with a total land area of 1,524 mu.

Construction units: China Railway 10th Bureau, China Railway 14th Bureau

Water conservancy 

1. Zhejiang:  Qingyuan Pumped Storage Power Station

Commencement date: July 4, 2023

Total investment: 8.335 billion yuan

Project overview:The project has a total installed capacity of 1.2 million kilowatts. The preparatory construction period is 18 months, and the total construction period is 72 months. The construction period for the first unit to generate electricity is 60 months. All units are expected to be put into operation by 2030, and after completion, the annual power generation can reach 1.449 billion kWh.

2. Xinjiang: Burqin Pumped Storage Power Station Project

Commencement date: July 10, 2023

Total investment: 11.43 billion yuan

Project overview:The power station is located in Burqin County, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It has a total installed capacity of 14 million kilowatts, a designed annual pumped-water electricity consumption of 2.33 billion kWh, and a designed average annual power generation of 1.75 billion kWh.

Winning bidder for feasibility study stage survey and design: PowerChina Northwest Institute

3. Gansu: Yongchang Pumped Storage Power Station Project

Commencement date: July 12, 2023

Total investment: 9.75 billion yuan

Project overview:The power station has an installed capacity of 1.2 million kilowatts, a designed full-load utilization hours of 5 hours, and a designed annual power generation of 1.169 billion kWh.

Other major projects 

1. Zhejiang: Jiaxing Urban Expressway Ring Phase III Stage II Project

Commencement date: July 4, 2023

Total investment: 8.335 billion yuan

Project overview:The main line of the project is about 7.1 km long, with the implementation scope from Zhonghuan North Road (Chengdong Road) to Sanhuan East Road (Guangyi Road). It adopts the construction form of "elevated main line + ground auxiliary roads," with 3 interchange interchanges and 4 pairs of parallel ramps implemented concurrently. The standard section of the elevated main line uses two-way 6 lanes (of which the section from Nanxi East Road to Guangyi Road on Sanhuan East Road is two-way 8 lanes), with a design speed of 80 km/h. The total project investment is about 3.183 billion yuan, and the approved construction period is 36 months.

Construction section 1: China Railway Shanghai Engineering Bureau Group Co., Ltd.

2. Hunan: Heishipu Urban Renewal Area Project

Commencement date: July 7, 2023

Total investment: 30 billion yuan

Project overview:The project is located in the Provincial Government Area of Tianxin District, south of Xiangfu Road, east of Xiangjiang South Road, west of Furong South Road, and north of the Third Ring Road, Queyuan Road, and Heishi Road. The total area is about 9,914 mu. It is implemented using the model of unified planning, phased implementation, and rolling development with "primary, secondary, and tertiary linkage."

Winning bidder:China Construction International Investment Group Co., Ltd. (consortium leader), China Construction International Investment Group Co., Ltd. (consortium member), China Construction Haijia Construction Engineering Co., Ltd. (consortium member)