From September 29 to October 23, 2023, 16 major infrastructure projects broke ground, with a total investment of approximately 53.1 billion yuan.

Liaoning: Anshan-Tai'an Expressway

Start date: September 29, 2023

Total investment: 6.654 billion yuan

Project overview: The An-Tai Expressway is 58.546 km long, starting north of Zhoujiabao in Anshan City, passing through Tiexi District of Anshan City, Liaoyang County of Liaoyang City, and Liaozhong District of Shenyang City, and ending at the Kuangbang Interchange in Tai'an County, Anshan City. It is expected to be completed and open to traffic in October 2026. After completion, the expressway travel distance from Anshan to Tai'an will be shortened from the current 86 km to 48 km, and the travel time from 1 hour to half an hour.

Section 1: Chengdu Road & Bridge Engineering Co., Ltd.

Section 2: Zhejiang Communications Construction Group Co., Ltd.

Section 3: China Railway No.2 Engineering Group Co., Ltd.

Section 4: China Railway Construction Bridge Engineering Bureau Group Co., Ltd.

Section 5: Shandong Luqiao Group Co., Ltd.

Section 6: Guangzhou Highway Engineering Group Co., Ltd.

Inner Mongolia: Taolimiao-Shanghaimiao Railway (Otog Front Banner Section) Project

Start date: October 9, 2023

Total investment: 6.654 billion yuan

Project overview: The project is located within Otog Front Banner and is the banner's first passenger-freight railway line. The line starts in the east at the Aogaoturi Station of the Tao-E Railway, passes through Sandaoguanzi Village of Aolezhaoqi Town, Manghatu Gacha and Tebude Gacha of Shanghaimiao Town, and extends west to Shanghaimiao West Station. The line is 114.6 km long, with a designed transport volume of 50 million tons per year, and is expected to be completed and open to traffic by the end of 2024.

E-Shang Construction Section I: Consortium of China Railway 14th Bureau Group Co., Ltd. and China Railway 14th Bureau Group Electrification Engineering Co., Ltd. 

E-Shang Construction Section II: China Railway Sixth Group Co., Ltd.

Inner Mongolia: National Highway 232 Zigou-Daxing Section First-Class Highway Project

Start date: October 1, 2023

Total investment: 1.902 billion yuan

Project overview: The project starts at Zigou Village in Yakeshi City, passes through Balin Town, Nanmu Oroqen Ethnic Township, and Woniue Town, and ends at a junction with the completed Jinbianhao-Daxing Section First-Class Highway of National Highway 232. With a total investment of 1,902.58 million yuan and a route length of 61.629 km, the main line is built to four-lane first-class highway standards with a design speed of 80 km/h.‍

Zhejiang: Ningbo-Jinhua-Quzhou-Shangrao Expressway Taizhou Section (Tiantai Cisheng Advance Section)

Start date: October 9, 2023

Project overview: The Taizhou Section of the Ningbo-Jinhua-Quzhou-Shangrao Expressway lies entirely within Tiantai County, starting near Cisheng Village in Shiliang Town and connecting with the Shaoxing Section, running west through Shiliang Town, Baihe Town, Pingqiao Town, and Jietou Town, and connecting with the Jinhua Section near Jiaokeng Village in Jietou Town. The route is about 47 km long with six lanes in both directions, and the total project investment is about 15.6 billion yuan. The Cisheng Advance Section that broke ground that day is a supporting project of the Luohanling Tunnel of the Ningbo-Jinhua-Quzhou-Shangrao Expressway.‍

Hubei: Ziyunshan Pumped-Storage Power Station

Start date: October 18, 2023

Total investment: 8.58 billion yuan

Project overview: The Hubei Ziyunshan Pumped-Storage Power Station is located within Wuzu Town and Kuzhu Township of Huangmei County, with an installed capacity of 1,400 MW and a designed annual power generation of 1.56 billion kWh. The cavern and road works during the preparation period are preliminary works of the main project.

Construction units: China Railway 11th Bureau Group Fourth Engineering Co., Ltd., China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Water Conservancy and Hydropower Development Co., Ltd., etc.‍

Hubei: Bengbu Yan'an Road Huaihe River Bridge and Approach Works

Start date: October 18, 2023

Total investment: 2.3 billion yuan

Project overview: The project is located between the Chaoyang Road Huaihe River Highway Bridge and the Jiefang Road Huaihe River Bridge. It starts in the south at the intersection of Yan'an Road and Fengyang Road in Longzihu District and ends at the intersection of Yan'an Road and Shuangdun Road in Huaishang District, connecting with Yan'an North Road. The total length is 2,733 m, of which the main line bridge of the Huaihe River Grand Bridge is 2,270 m long. The river-crossing section is an 840 m cable-stayed bridge with two towers and two cable planes, with a main span of 420 m, making it the bridge with the largest main span in the Huaihe River basin. The route is designed to urban main road standards, with a main bridge speed of 60 km/h and an approach bridge speed of 50 km/h; the river-crossing section has six lanes in both directions, and the approach roads on both sides have four lanes in both directions.

Winning bidder: China Railway Fourth Engineering Group Co., Ltd. (lead unit), Anhui Water Conservancy Development Co., Ltd.‍

Guizhou: Guiyang Pumped-Storage Power Station

Start date: October 18, 2023

Total investment: 9.246 billion yuan

Project overview: The Guiyang Pumped-Storage Power Station is the first approved pumped-storage power station in Guizhou Province and a key energy construction project in the national 14th Five-Year Plan. The project is located in Gubao Town and Saping Town of Xiuwen County, Guiyang City, and Weicheng Town of Qingzhen City, with an installed capacity of 1.5 million kW and a total investment of 9.3 billion yuan. It mainly consists of four 375 MW reversible hydro-generator units, an upper reservoir, a lower reservoir, a water conveyance system, an underground powerhouse, a ground switch station, and permanent on-site roads.

Upper and lower reservoir connecting road and water supply project: Sinohydro Bureau 9 Co., Ltd.‍

Macau LRT East Line North Section Design and Construction Project

Start date: October 20, 2023

Total investment:  4.473 billion yuan

Project overview: Overview of the Macau LRT East Line. The Macau LRT East Line project generally runs north-south, with a total length of about 7.7 km and a total of 6 new stations. The line starts from Taipa Ferry Terminal Station and ends at the ES1 turnaround station, with provision reserved for connection with the Inner Harbor Line on the Macau Peninsula, and ES4 Station reserves conditions for interchange with the planned MZ Line.

Construction unit: Consortium of China Civil Engineering, Nam Kwong Property, and China Railway 16th Bureau Group‍

Inner Mongolia: Haileshao Railway Dedicated Line Project

Start date: October 23, 2023

Total investment: 796 million yuan

Project overview: The project is located in Nalintaohai Town of Ejin Horo Banner, with the railway extending into Jungar Sum Town of Jungar Banner. The east end of the dedicated line connects with the Xin-Zhun Line, and the west end connects with the Dong-Wu Line, with provision reserved for connection with the Zhundong Railway. The main line is 3.74 km long, with a track-laying length of 18.79 km.

Winning bidder: Zhengzhou Zhongyuan Railway Engineering Co., Ltd.‍