Meet the world’s tallest/biggest tower crane. If you like looking up at the Zifeng Tower in Nanjing, you’ll like this! Because it’s almost as tall. And as of now, it’s helping in our efforts to bring greater efficiency to our transportation across the Yangtze River Delta.
认识世界上最高/最大的塔式起重机。如果你喜欢仰望南京紫峰塔，你一定会喜欢这个！因为几乎一样高。截至目前，它正在帮助我们提高长三角地区的运输效率。
Yes, China is back in the construction headlines, this time for the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge in our very own Jiangsu Province. That is record breaking on its own (read on for that), but the crane assisting in the effort is monumental.
是的，中国又回到了建筑头条新闻，这次是我们江苏省的长泰长江大桥。这本身就打破了记录（请继续阅读），但协助这项工作的起重机是具有里程碑意义的。
Specifically, it’s the XFT15000-600S that’s responsible. And it ranks as the world’s largest tower crane. That’s on account of its maximum-lifting height of 400 metres. It can also lift a maximum of weight of 600 tonnes, reports Our Jiangsu. Imagine that over your head in Gulou.
具体来说，是 XFT15000-600S 负责。它是世界上最大的塔式起重机。这是因为其最大举升高度为 400 米。据《我们的江苏》报道，它的最大起重量可达600吨。想象一下在鼓楼你头顶上的情景。
The crane is a product of XCMG, the biggest company in northern Jiangsu’s Xuzhou City, that is also the largest provider of construction machinery in China and the third largest in the world.
该起重机是徐工集团的产品，徐工集团是苏北徐州市最大的公司，也是中国最大、世界第三大的工程机械供应商。
According to a press release by XCMG, the crane, which can withstand a level-12 typhoon in a non-working state, was designed to meet the increasing demand for large-scale modular bridge construction development.
据徐工发布的新闻稿称，该起重机在非工作状态下可抵御12级台风，是为了满足大型模块化桥梁建设发展日益增长的需求而设计的。
Jointly developed by XCMG and China Major Bridge Engineering Co., Ltd., the release also goes on to reveal that the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge is the world’s largest diamond-type, cable-stayed bridge.
该新闻稿还透露，由徐工集团与中国大桥工程有限公司联合开发的长泰长江大桥是世界上最大的菱形斜拉桥。
The Changtai Yangtze River Bridge, connecting the cities of Changzhou and Taizhou, will shorten journey time between the two to about half an hour.
连接常州和泰州的长泰长江大桥将使两市之间的行车时间缩短至半小时左右。
Thanks in part to the crane, the Bridge, with the world’s longest road and rail cable-stayed span, at 1,176 metres, remains on track to open next year.
这座桥拥有世界上最长的公路和铁路斜拉桥跨度（长达 1,176 米），有望于明年通车，这在一定程度上要归功于这台起重机。
The Bridge is one of not less than four new cross-Yangtze transportation links in Jiangsu Province which local authorities are prioritising for 2023.
该大桥是江苏省当地政府在 2023 年优先建设的至少 4 条跨长江交通干线之一。
