Nation well-placed to meet modern challenges

By Andrew Moody | China Daily Workers load vegetables bound for Wuhan, Hubei province, at Nanning Railway Station in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in February, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua] Key advantages held over Western democracies, experts say A centralized political system such as China’s may be better equipped than Western liberal democracies to meet the challenges of…

Transport projects to get more funding

By WANG KEJU | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2020-05-20 09:00    A self-driving taxi is seen in Changsha, capital of Hunan province. [Photo by Yang Huafeng/China News Service] Ministry pledges to push exploration, application of self-driving technology China will inject more funds into transportation infrastructure and push forward the development of self-driving technology to build…

High-tech infrastructure projects on the horizon

A batch of industrial clusters with hundreds of billions of yuan in investments will be built in China, Economic Information Daily reported on Thursday. In May, some local governments published roadmaps on infrastructure construction investments focusing on 5G, artificial intelligence and industrial internet. In Guangzhou, 16 new digital infrastructure constructions have signed contracts on Monday…

Major project in bridge building completed for Indonesia’s Jakarta-Bandung high speed railway

JAKARTA, May 10 (Xinhua) — The first multi-span rigid frame continuous beam for the No.2 Bridge of Indonesia’s Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Railway was successfully closed on Sunday. The steel structure continuous beam, which is being constructed by Power Construction Corporation of China, has a total length of 213.8 meters, crossing two highway ramps and an…