BEIJING, April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Ethnic groups in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, including those in Youjiang District of Baise City, celebrate the Sanyuesan Festival with cheerful tunes of folk songs, lively bamboo stick dances and colorful traditional food. People perform bamboo pole dance in a celebration of Sanyuesan Festival in Baise City, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. A traditional festival for the Zhuang ethnic group, the Sanyuesan Festival literally means the third day of the third lunar month, and fell on April 11 this year. Various activities are held in celebration of the festival. A mountain song singing competition, for instance, was held in Bandao park of Baise City’s Youjiang District, with locals fully dressed in traditional costumes, enjoying themselves with traditional entertainments.  Youjiang District also presented a food exhibition and “thousand-person long table banquet” to showcase intangible cultural heritage delicacies such as five-color glutinous rice and Jiaoye Ci (glutinous rice cake wrapped in banana leaves). Cultural and creative product exhibition and ethnic costume show were also organized in Youjiang, with Baise ethnic wedding ceremony showcased and local specialty products exhibited. For foodies, night market of Wanjingcheng food street in Youjiang is the place to go. Food stalls that have been carefully arranged and decorated are selling well-known five-color glutinous rice as well as other specialty food such as barbecues, local desserts and pickled fruits. Beautiful dancing and singing combined with ethnic costumes here and there are also prominent features for an unforgettable experience of the unique local customs and culture. Meanwhile, original song competition, street dance competition, ethnic sport activities, traditional folk culture exhibition and hands-on experience event, as well as cultural tourism promotion event, Baise agricultural and forestry product and brand promotion activities were also held in the beach park in Youjiang in a celebration of the festival. Original link: Το άρθρο Xinhua Silk Road: South China Guangxi’s Baise celebrates traditional Sanyuesan ethnic festival with various joyful activities εμφανίστηκε πρώτα στο TravelDailyNews Asia & Pacific.

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BEIJING, April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Yangzhou-Zhenjiang DC power transmission project, the first project to convert in-operation AC transmission lines to DC ones in China, was put into service in east China’s Jiangsu Province on Sunday. Without changing the main structure of the cross-Yangtze River transmission towers, State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Co., Ltd. upgraded transmission lines between the two cities at different sides of the river to improve transmission capacity of existing grids. As a reproducible example, the project means much for areas with a large population but limited space for new grids construction as related AC-DC conversion technologies can solve long-distance power transmission problems between regional power grids and save much costs, said Chen Songtao, planning and management director with construction department of State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Co., Ltd. Currently, power transmission to south Jiangsu from north Jiangsu dotted by new energy power projects relies mainly on six cross-Yangtze River transmission corridors. But increasing power transmission demand and stricter Yangtze River ecological protection make new corridor building less likely and improving transmission capacity of existing corridors is more imperative now. Compared with AC power transmission lines, DC ones of same voltage have greater transmission capacity and lower transmission loss and through AC-DC conversion, the Yangzhou-Zhenjiang transmission lines now boast a transmission capacity of 1.2 million kW, introduced Chen. Apart from capacity expansion, AC-DC conversion of transmission lines have multiple advantages such as high reliance and economic efficiency. Taking the cross-Yangtze River section as an example, its construction period was 5-6 months shorter than that of building new transmission lines and related investment dropped by nearly 60 million yuan, added Chen. Using smart robots to achieve highly efficient and green construction, State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power saw related efficiency much improved than traditional manual construction. Xu Huaiyu, vice chief engineer of the project said a batch of engineering resolutions for long-distance transmission line change and nine innovation achievements have been developed independently by the company to facilitate the following construction. After completion of phase II and III of the project, its transmission capacity is likely to reach 3.60 million kW and further satisfy the power transmission demand in Jiangsu. Original link: Το άρθρο Xinhua Silk Road: AC-DC conversion of transmission lines helps resolve power demand and grid upgrading dilemma in E. China εμφανίστηκε πρώτα στο TravelDailyNews Asia & Pacific.

BEIJING, April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The Hannover Messe 2024, an international industrial fair, was held from Monday to Friday in Hanover, Germany. Photo shows that the exhibition booth of Shaanxi Blower (Group) Co., Ltd at the Hannover Messe 2024 held from April 22 to 26 in Hanover, Germany. (Source: Shaangu) This year’s exhibition attracted nearly 4,000 exhibitors from about 60 countries and regions, among which Chinese exhibitors accounted for 30 percent of total. At the exhibition, Shaanxi Blower (Group) Co., Ltd (“Shaangu” for short) showcased a model named “low-carbon energy-saving smart energy interconnection island”. The model relies on a central control system and energy conversion equipment to achieve tailor-made scheduling of cold, heat, wind, water, electricity, and waste in scenarios such as municipal administration and industrial parks, thus reaching the goal of carbon emission reduction, said Fan Xiaolong, executive director of Shaangu Europe Research and Development Co., Ltd. Shaangu has transformed from traditional manufacturer to system solutions and service providers in the field of distributed energy, with a history of over 50 years. The company has provided green and smart solutions to multiple users in fields such as chemical industry, metallurgy, environmental protection, and air energy storage with its independently-innovated green distributed energy system. The company owns core products with independent intellectual property rights, such as axial flow compressors, industrial steam turbines, and compressed air energy storage technology, which have been sold to more than 100 countries and regions worldwide. Shaangu is a cutting-edge industry leader and a typical representative of the transformation from traditional equipment manufacturing to system solutions and service provisions in the field of distributed energy, said Yu Zhongchi, president of China Machinery Enterprise Management Association. Established in 1947, the Hannover Messe is known as the “barometer” of global industrial technology development and is one of the most influential industrial exhibitions in the world. Original link: Το άρθρο Xinhua Silk Road: China’s Shaanxi Blower Group makes brilliant appearance at Hannover Messe 2024 εμφανίστηκε πρώτα στο TravelDailyNews Asia & Pacific.

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