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Annual WMC in Hefei leads to $49b deals

The five-day 2023 World Manufacturing Convention closed in Hefei, capital of Anhui province, on Sunday with 587 deals signed, entailing investment of around 350 billion yuan ($48.6 billion). The past five annual conferences drew over 14,824 exhibitors from home and abroad, and 3,021 manufacturing projects were signed, with actual investment surpassing 1 trillion yuan, helping elevate Anhui's manufacturing prowess. The WMC aims to display high-end manufacturing achievements in major manufacturing countries and bolster manufacturing ties between Anhui and the outside world.

CR24 makes progress on housing project

China Railway 24th Bureau Group Corp, a unit of State-owned China Railway Construction Corp, said its builders have completed capping work of the Chenyingzi placement housing project in the Yongqiao district of Suzhou, Anhui province, thus finishing the construction of the main building bodies. As the builder of 2,300 housing units in the community, CR24 said the project — it is a key local livelihood endeavor of the municipal government — leverages various construction techniques to ensure quality, safety and efficiency.

Sinopec's Fuling shale gas field hits milestone

The Fuling shale gas field in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality, the nation's largest such field, has produced over 60 billion cubic meters of shale gas over the past decade, since it was discovered in 2012. According to China Petroleum& Chemical Corp or Sinopec, the Fuling asset is China's first large-scale shale gas field to enter commercial development in 2014. It has brought green and clean energy to more than 70 cities along the Yangtze River Economic Belt over the years.

China Daily