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World’s Largest Composite Anchor Foundation Completed for Bridge in Suzhou

The south channel crossing of the Zhangjinggao Yangtze River Bridge is to comprise a 2,300-metre-long main span, making it the world's largest span bridge. Some 63,000 cubic meters of concrete were poured for anchor foundation. Full story (in Chinese) via...

18 Free Drinking Water Supply Points Set up for Inland River Traffic in Zhenjiang

The safety of drinking water for inland river ships is an old problem, with most using treated river water for their needs. The 18 points established by the Zhenjiang Maritime Safety Bureau can each supply ships with a minimum...

Nantong GDP Growth Highest Among the 5 “Trillion Renminbi” Cities in Jiangsu 

A government work report revealed on 13 January during the 16th Nantong Municipal People’s Congress that the City’s GDP is expected to have grown by about 6.3 percent last year, ahead of both Suzhou and Changzhou at 6 percent....

14 Year Old Nantong Girl Wins Prestigious International Piano Competition

Winning first place in the Bösendorfer and Yamaha USASU International Piano Competition held in Arizona last week as the culmination of a journey for Ji Qin Yao Yao who started learning piano aged 3, to go on to the...

Enormous Fire & Black Smoke Engulfs Warehouse in Xuzhou 

The fire of 9 January broke out in an old warehouse to the north of the South Ring Road in Pei County Economic Development Zone. First responders were able to bring the fire under control, while there were no reports...

Chicken Feet among 100 Tonnes of Smuggled Goods Seized byYancheng Coastguard

The chicken feet were among the frozen products on a ship intercepted by the coastguard in the waters of the Sheyang River Estuary at 15:00 on 6 January, with an estimated worth of more than ¥8 million. Four suspects...

Nanjing Metro behind Effort to Establish China’s 1st Special ESG Committee 

Having made a name for itself in the ESG world in recent years, Nanjing was chosen as location for the inaugural meeting of the ESG Professional Committee of the China Urban Rail Transit Association, held on 10 January. Full...

Firefighters in Xuzhou Called in to Rescue Man Trapped in Cave on 20 Metre High Cliff

Driven by curiosity, the man had climbed down the cliff to the cave in Hanwang Town of Tongshan District, where be back trapped and unable to ascend. Six firefighters from Xingshanzi Fire and Rescue Station took half an hour...

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Car-Bed Campers Turn Hotel Car Parks into Free Showers and Toilets

Chinese road trippers are swapping hotel rooms for the back seats of their own cars, folding them flat into...

China’s Metro Map Grows by Almost 65km Ahead of National Day

China’s National Day holiday has arrived with three cities adding new metro links. Nanjing, Qingdao and Changchun have opened...

Shanghai’s Railway Map Shifts East; Cross City to Hongqiao soon but a Memory

For years, Shanghai’s high-speed rail map has pulled passengers towards Hongqiao. That balance is beginning to change. New stations...

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