The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has gained a new maritime corridor to global markets with the Pazhou Terminal, Lantau and Sanmen Island anchorages passing national acceptance and becoming part of Guangzhou Port earlier this month.
A semi-submersible transport vessel carrying large-scale equipment just set sail for Guinea after getting loaded at Lantau Anchorage of Guangzhou Port. The expanded Guangzhou Port now offers a reliable "maritime express lane" for the export of large infrastructure equipment.
Feng Weidong, president of Guangzhou Port Shipping Co., Ltd., shared details of the shipment.
"The infrastructure equipment transported this time weighs over 5,700 tons in total and is valued at more than 70 million yuan. With Lantau Anchorage officially going into operation, cargo can be loaded directly there, providing a more stable and swift export channel for large maritime engineering equipment," he said.
Simultaneously, customs authorities have introduced an innovative supervision model, extending inspection services from traditional terminals directly to the anchorage. This allows large vessels to conduct loading, unloading, and cargo-lightening operations offshore without having to dock, significantly cutting both clearance times and logistics expenses.
Liu Lei, deputy director of Huangpu Old Port Customs, explained the optimized regulatory model.
"We have shifted our supervision from 'waiting for vessels at dock' to 'boarding vessels at anchorages.' Customs officers ride a boat to anchorages and board cargo ships for inspections. Once cleared, goods can be imported or exported directly from the anchorages, eliminating the waiting time for vessels to berth at terminals and saving companies roughly four to five days," she said.
Guangzhou Port expansion offers maritime express lane for export
Guangzhou Port expansion offers maritime express lane for export
China's two major power grid operators -- the State Grid Corporation of China (State Grid) and China Southern Power Grid (CSG) -- reported a surge in investment in the first quarter of 2026, underscoring efforts to strengthen infrastructure construction and support high-quality socioeconomic development in China.
The State Grid said it completed fixed-asset investment worth 129 billion yuan (about 18.77 billion U.S. dollars) in the first three months of this year, up 37 percent the corresponding period of the previous year. The spending has driven more than 250 billion yuan (36 billion U.S. dollars) of investment across the wider industrial chain.
Key projects such as the Panxi ultra-high-voltage (UHV) alternating current (AC) line and the Anhui-Hubei back-to-back direct current (DC) project have seen ground broken for their construction, while several west-to-east power transmission projects have been upgraded.
Investment in connecting renewable energy generation to the grid was reported to have exceeded 10 billion yuan (1.45 billion U.S. dollars) from January to March, a year-on-year rise of more than 50 percent.
The CSG also reported robust growth in investment in the three-month period, with fixed-asset investment reaching 38.45 billion yuan (5.58 billion U.S. dollars), up about 50 percent from a year earlier.
Among its achievements, the company completed and commissioned 80 key projects, including the 220 kV cross-sea power grid interconnection project, which was officially put into operation on March 20. The project ended years of grid isolation on the Weizhou Island in south China by linking it to the main power system of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
The construction of 17 other major energy projects, including one linking the power grid of the Xizang Autonomous Region in southwest China with that of Guangdong Province in south China, is advancing rapidly. These projects are expected to bolster regional industries, the maritime economy, digital collaboration and the transition to green energy.
"By accelerating major project construction, investment during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030) is expected to approach 1 trillion yuan (145 billion U.S. dollars), driving a further 2 trillion yuan (290 billion U.S. dollars) of investment across upstream and downstream industries," said Dong Yanle, deputy general manager of the Engineering Construction Department under the China Southern Power Grid.
China ramps up power grid investment in January-March to boost growth
