China Information and Communication Technologies Group Corporation (CICT) announced on March 24 that its State Key Laboratory of Optical Communication Technologies and Networks achieved real-time optical transmission of 2.5 Pbit/s by using 24-core optical fiber, setting a new world record.
The AEP100 hydrogen-fueled turboprop engine, independently developed by an R&D institute of Aero Engine Corporation of China (AECC), completed ignition and performance adjustment tests under ground test conditions on March 25.
The 220-kilovolt double-circuit transmission line from North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to Mongolia had safely operated for 5,000 days as of March 19.
The Aisheng Lingque Hongyun unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was delivered and made its first cross-valley flight on March 20 in Honghe County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Southwest China’s Yunnan Province.
The 307,000-ton very large crude carrier (VLCC) Empire Hope was delivered in Dalian City, Liaoning Province, on March 25. It is the first vessel in this VLCC series that was made by Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd.（DSIC） and China Shipbuilding Trading Co., Ltd., both of which are subsidiaries of China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited.
The YHG-1200Q rail flash-butt welder was put to use at the Deqing section of the Hangzhou-Deqing Intercity Railway in East China’s Zhejiang Province on March 22.
The Adora Flora City, China’s second domestically built large cruise ship, was undocked on March 20 at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co Ltd, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited.
The South Automotive Proving Ground of China Automotive Engineering Research Institute Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Certification & Inspection Group (CCIC), started operation on March 20 in Shaoguan City in South China’s Guangdong Province.
