CCTV News: Information released by the National Energy Administration on the 18th showed that the total electricity consumption in February was 743.4 billion kilowatt-hours, an increase of 8.6% year-on-year.

From January to February, the total electricity consumption of the whole society was 155.64 billion kilowatt-hours, an increase of 1.3% year-on-year.

Qingchuan, Sichuan: More than 6 million tons of manganese ore were discovered in Maowanli 1 square kilometer

Manganese ore is an important strategic mineral resource that can be used in the steel industry and other fields. The reporter recently learned from the Sichuan Provincial Natural Resources Department that the Sichuan Qingchuan Maowanli Manganese Ore Census Project has made a major breakthrough, and 6.067 million tons of manganese ore resources have been discovered.

After long-term exploration, the Maowanli manganese ore census project has found 4.628 million tons of inferred manganese ore resources in the census area. At the same time, the estimated manganese ore inferred resource resources in the blank area between the census area and the southern neighbor mining rights area is 1.439 million tons, totaling 6.067 million tons. It is worth noting that the project team discovered more than 6 million tons of manganese ore resources in Maowanli in just 1 square kilometer, and the single ore body resource scale reached medium size, solving the confusion and problems that have plagued the study of manganese ore in northwest Sichuan for more than 50 years and improving the regional mineral exploration space.

Asia's first professional cargo hub airport was approved for the first anniversary of opening up to the outside world: a total of 38 international cargo routes were opened

The reporter learned from Wuhan Customs that on March 19, the first professional cargo hub airport in Asia, Hubei Ezhou Huahu International Airport, was approved for the first anniversary of opening up to the outside world, and a total of 38 international cargo routes were opened.

In the past year of opening up to the outside world, the international cargo route of Ezhou Huahu Airport in Hubei has covered 42 countries and routes to jointly build the "Belt and Road" country, reaching 28 countries and regions, and building an international route network that radiates to five continents.

As of now, Huahu International Airport has 8,795 inbound and outbound cargo flights and 338,400 tons of imported and exported cargo and mail volumes, an increase of 5.1 times and 4.3 times respectively year-on-year.

Ezhou Huahu International Airport innovates the air cargo model, realizes intelligent document review, port smart inspection, and intelligent logistics monitoring, give full play to the functions of Ezhou Airport Bonded Logistics Center (Type B), international air cargo hub and other platforms, realizes information sharing on 11 important logistics nodes, and provides air transport companies with one-stop service services such as airport flight inquiry, export waybill full tracking management, etc., to achieve "second" clearance of cargo to Huahu.

Guangdong: Guangzhou’s foreign trade import and export increased by 14.3% in the first two months of this year

The reporter recently learned from Guangzhou Customs that in the first two months of this year, the value of Guangzhou’s foreign trade import and export reached 189.62 billion yuan, an increase of 14.3% year-on-year. Foreign trade development shows the characteristics of "multi-subject joint efforts, global market in-depth expansion, and industrial structure optimization and upgrading".

In a foreign trade exporting agricultural technology equipment enterprise in Guangzhou, the reporter saw that the new generation of agricultural drones launched here integrates four major functions: spraying, sowing, transportation, and aerial surveying, which can meet the needs of agricultural scenarios in different countries and is favored by merchants from many countries and regions. This has enabled the company's foreign trade business to achieve rapid growth since the beginning of the year. It is understood that with the increase in local investment in science and technology, Guangzhou's various mechanical and electrical products were also more popular in the market in the first two months of this year, with exports increasing by 12.2% year-on-year.

In terms of foreign trade business entities, in the first two months of this year, the number of foreign trade business entities in Guangzhou increased by 8.8% year-on-year; in terms of trading partners, in the first two months, Guangzhou's imports and exports to countries jointly built the "Belt and Road" increased by 23.8%. In addition, local efforts have continued to be made in industrial upgrading and green and low-carbon transformation. In the first two months of this year, Guangzhou exported 52.13 billion yuan of mechanical and electrical products, accounting for 42.4% of the city's total export value. Among them, the total export of "new three" products such as electric vehicles, lithium batteries, and photovoltaic products increased by 13.7%.

Hengqin Port Joint One-stop lane has been opened for one year: Customs has inspected and released more than 2.59 million inbound and outbound vehicles

Hengqin Port passenger and lorry vans Guangdong-Macao Joint One-stop lane has been opened for one year on March 18. According to statistics from Gongbei Customs, as of now, the lane has inspected and released more than 2.59 million inbound and outbound vehicles, an increase of more than 33% year-on-year. The highest traffic per day has exceeded 9,100, and the average inspection and release time in the customs link is only 23 seconds.