Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region had dispatched a total of 101 million tons of goods this year as of Thursday, marking a 2 percent year-on-year growth, according to the China Railway Urumqi Bureau.
The 100 million-ton milestone was reached three days earlier than last year, said the authority.
These goods shipped from Xinjiang included more than 39.4 million tons of coal, an increase of 6.8 percent year on year, which have added new momentum to the efforts to ensure national energy security and served the high-quality development of the regional economy, said the bureau.
Xinjiang railway's cargo dispatch volume exceeds 100 million tons this year
Xinjiang railway's cargo dispatch volume exceeds 100 million tons this year
China conducted its first large-scale cross-grid green electricity transaction of the year through market-oriented trading, according to the Guangzhou Power Exchange Center on Friday.
Via the power exchange centers in Guangzhou and Beijing, green power from south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Yunnan will be continuously supplied to Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian in east China from March 6 until March 31.
The transaction volume will reach 314 million kilowatt-hours, 100 percent of which is green electricity, with wind power accounting for 90 percent and photovoltaic power accounting for 10 percent.
"More than 100 wind and solar power stations in Guangxi and Yunnan have participated in this transaction, further enhancing the efficiency of optimizing power resource allocation nationwide and fully supporting the green energy needs of enterprises in east China for resuming work and production after the Spring Festival holiday," said Chen Yufang, deputy director of the trading organization department at the Guangzhou Power Exchange Center.
The transaction is estimated to involve a total electricity volume equivalent to saving 100,000 tons of standard coal and cutting carbon dioxide emissions by 260,000 tons.
China conducts first large-scale cross-grid green electricity trading in 2026
