According to state media, China on Thursday opened its first high-speed rail route that would pass multiple bays and skirt the coast of the province of Fujian in the southeast, close to the Taiwan Strait.
According to Xinhua, a bullet train left Fuzhou, the provincial capital of Fujian, in east China, early on Thursday to prepare for the opening of the 277-km (172-mile) Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou railway.
According to state media, which cited China State Railway Group Co Ltd, the nation’s railway operator, it will be the first cross-sea, rapid line in China using bullet trains that can reach top speeds of 350 kilometres per hour (218 mph). The trains will cross bridges across three coastal bays.
It will take less than one hour to go from Fuzhou to Xiamen, an important business hub and well-liked tourism resort.
The railway project was designed by China Railway Siyuan Survey and Design Group Co Ltd. China had 42,000 km of high-speed rail in use by 2022, and as of June 2022, there were over 3,200 km of high-speed rail that was regularly operating at 350 km per hour.
China recently unveiled the specifics of its strategy to transform Fujian into a region for joint growth with Taiwan, which is located across the province.
China anticipates that the link will increase business prospects and facilitate travel.
According to state media, a Chinese government official said that an integrated multidimensional transportation network had been established in the province of Fujian, making it “technically possible to build a high-speed transport passage linking the province with Taiwan.”
Separately, Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, witnessed the earlier this week debut of China’s first commercial suspended monorail line.
According to China Daily, the 10.5 km (6.5 miles) long monorail is totally automated and only needs human control in an emergency.
In order to expand its business, LG Chem Ltd. of South Korea previously partnered with the Chinese company Youshan to develop a joint electric vehicle (EV) battery material production in Morocco.
Huayou has joined the rising number of Chinese electric vehicle and battery businesses looking to expand internationally in order to reach out to more customers abroad and take advantage of regional incentives.
Additionally, The lithium-phosphate-iron (LFP) cathode materials produced by the Morocco factory, which is scheduled to begin operations in 2026, will be sufficient to be installed in 500,000 entry-class electric vehicles, according to a statement released by the South Korean chemical manufacturer.
As the auto industry strives to develop more affordable EVs, whose most expensive components are the batteries, LG Chem, known for producing more expensive nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) cathodes, is entering the LFP cathode business.
