CCTV News: After the Spring Festival, key projects in various places will continue to be promoted. The Sichuan-Qinghai Railway starts from Xining City, Qinghai City, in the north and connects to Chengdu City, Sichuan City, in the south. It is an important part of the Lan (Xi) Guang Channel, the main vertical main channel of my country's "eight vertical and eight horizontal" high-speed railway. The Gansu-Qinghai Tunnel is a full-line control project of the Sichuan-Qinghai Railway. In the past two days, the builders have stepped up construction, and the overall tunnel is currently being excavated by more than 70%.
At the construction site of the Ganqing Tunnel about 100 meters below the hillside, engineering builders are conducting manual excavation operations. The construction staff told reporters that the rock mass is powdery and debris-like and is very loose, which is very easy to cause deformation and collapse. In order to solve this problem, the builders innovated construction methods and divided the original tunnel excavation surface into six construction surfaces for cross-operation, effectively controlling the safety risks brought by complex geology. In addition, the project also introduced intelligent mechanical equipment such as digital three-arm rock drilling trolleys, which effectively improved the quality and efficiency of tunnel construction.
The Ganqing Tunnel of the Sichuan-Qinghai Railway is 22,380 meters long and is a double-line tunnel. At present, about 16,900 meters have been excavated, 75.5% of the completion has been completed. It is expected that the Sichuan-Qinghai Railway will be fully opened to traffic in October 2029.
Shanghai: Promoting employment. Thousands of employers provide more than 26,000 jobs. On February 14, the 2025 Shanghai Spring Comprehensive Job Fair was held, attracting more than 1,000 employers to participate and providing more than 26,000 jobs.
The main venue of this job fair has 12 special areas, focusing on the "3+2" key industries such as artificial intelligence, biomedicine, integrated circuits, elderly care and housekeeping services. The reporter also observed at the scene that the artificial intelligence zone is the most popular among job seekers.
The reporter observed that in recent years, the "silver economy" has developed rapidly, and the elderly care industry has also become an industry with a large talent gap at present. Employers also hope to take this opportunity to match relevant talents.
The units that can recruit fresh college graduates in the main venue of this job fair account for 20.79%, and units that can recruit disabled people account for 4.78%. It is worth noting that this job fair also set up a special area for birth-friendly jobs for the first time, providing 350 positions including product design and trade union management.
The transaction volume of the national futures market in January increased by 11.01% year-on-year
The latest data from the China Futures Industry Association shows that based on unilateral calculations, the transaction volume of the national futures trading market in January was 48.87 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.01% year-on-year. Judging from the market performance, the commodity market was generally strong in January, with transaction amounts of gold, caustic soda, palm oil, industrial silicon futures and other varieties ranked among the top in various exchanges.
The "Regulations on the Protection of Ancient Trees and Famous Trees" will be implemented
The relevant person in charge of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration said on February 14 that the "Regulations on the Protection of Ancient Trees and Famous Trees" will come into effect on March 15, and 5.0819 million ancient trees and famous trees across the country will be protected.
Zhang Liming, director of the Department of Ecological Protection and Restoration of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration, said that the Regulations strengthen protection first, highlight scientific protection and in-situ protection, strictly protect ancient trees and their growth environment in the entire chain and all aspects, and stipulate strict legal responsibilities for illegal logging, transplanting, and damaging ancient trees and famous trees.
Ancient trees refer to trees with more than 100 years of age. Famous trees refer to trees with important historical, cultural, scientific, landscape values or important monumental significance. They are known as "green national treasure" and "living cultural relics". There are a total of 5.0819 million ancient and famous trees within the scope of my country's census. At present, 17 provinces and some cities have issued local regulations or management measures for the protection of ancient trees and famous trees.
The state has issued a central investment of 5 billion yuan for work-for-relief
The reporter learned from the National Development and Reform Commission on February 13 that the state has issued a central investment of 5 billion yuan for work-for-relief, plus the 9.05 billion yuan of funds issued in advance by the end of 2024. The total investment of 14.05 billion yuan for work-for-relief in 2025 has been allocated.
The new batch of 5 billion yuan of central investment in labor-for-relief is mainly invested in underdeveloped areas such as 832 poverty-stricken counties, and supports local governments to implement 1,008 rural small-scale infrastructure construction projects with large labor volumes. It plans to absorb 123,000 rural low-income groups to participate in the construction of engineering projects, and will issue labor remuneration of more than 1.71 billion yuan. At the same time, it supports the construction of 3,550 kilometers of various roads in various places, carry out 15,000 mu of farmland remediation, and lay 1,320 kilometers of water supply and drainage pipelines. Migrant workers will achieve "benefit and gain skills" by participating in labor and skills training.
The growth rate of China's machinery industry is expected to be 5.5% this year, and foreign trade remains stable
Information released by the China Mechanical Industry Federation on the 14th showed that in 2024, many economic indicators of China's machinery industry achieved stable growth. As of the end of 2024, the number of enterprises above the scale of the machinery industry was 132,000, an increase of 11,000 over the previous year. This year, China's machinery industry will continue to maintain a stable development trend, with the growth rate of major economic indicators expected to be around 5.5%, and foreign trade will continue to remain stable.
In 2024, China-Africa trade volume exceeded 2 trillion yuan
According to customs statistics, in 2024, China's imports and exports to Africa were 2.1 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.1%, a record high. Among them, China's trade volume with nearly half of African countries increased by more than double digits year-on-year. It is also understood that the scale of China-Africa trade has increased from 87.38 billion yuan in 2000 to 2.1 trillion yuan in 2024, with an average annual growth of 14.2%.
