China's first batch of 1,000-kilowatt battery-powered locomotives officially rolled off the production line at CRRC Dalian Co. on Monday in Dalian, a port city in northeast China's Liaoning Province.
The first batch of 10 units are set to be deployed in steel enterprises, replacing outdated diesel locomotives. This marks a significant step in promoting green transformation in industrial settings, injecting fresh momentum into low-carbon development.
The newly launched battery-powered locomotives are equipped with high-capacity lithium iron phosphate batteries and feature advanced liquid-cooled fast-charging technology. They support ultra-high-power charging of up to 680 kilowatts, enabling a full charge in just 70 minutes.
The liquid-cooled system ensures charging stability through efficient heat dissipation, while the mature charging infrastructure simplifies installation and operation for end users.
"As a member of the new energy locomotive family, fully electric locomotives are primarily designed to meet the shunting needs of industrial and mining enterprises. They offer significant advantages in energy conservation and emission reduction, achieving true zero-emission operation," said Sun Rongkun, chairman of CRRC Dalian Co.
The locomotive is equipped with an unmanned intelligent transport mode that can simulate the operating habits of experienced drivers, enabling fully autonomous smart transportation.
The locomotive also features an integrated auxiliary vision system that extends the driver's field of view and eliminates blind spots. Its digital flat shunting system, combining wireless communication, BeiDou System (BDS) positioning, and automated control technologies, boosts operational efficiency by over 20 percent while simultaneously enhancing safety and intelligence levels.
CRRC Dalian is an affiliated company under CRRC Corporation, China's top train manufacturer and the world's largest supplier of rail transit equipment.
China rolls out first 1000kW battery-powered locomotives for industrial use
China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) will work with relevant departments and local authorities to take concrete steps to promote the implementation of the newly passed private sector promotion law, a landmark legislation concerning a vast economic force in the country, said an NDRC official.
China's top legislative body -the National People's Congress - passed the private sector promotion law on Wednesday, establishing a legal backing for the steady and healthy growth of the key sector, including more than 57 million private firms and over 100 million self-employed individuals.
This landmark law is China's first fundamental legislation dedicated to the private sector. It will bolster confidence among the vast community by improving the business environment, fostering innovation, and ensuring fair competition, according to NDRC, the country's top economic planner.
"The private sector promotion law has actively responded to the key concerns in the development of the private sector. Efforts are made to establish and improve relevant systems and enhance the enforceability of the systems, from ensuring fair competition, improving investment and financing environment, supporting technology innovation, focusing on regulated operation, optimizing services and guarantees, and improving rights and interest protection, to strengthening legal accountability, so as to ensure that all forms of ownership can equally utilize production factors by the law, participate in market competition fairly, receive equal legal protection, further unleash their complementary advantages, and pursue common development," said Liu Min, deputy director of Private Sector Development Bureau under NDRC.
Liu added NDRC will continue to work together with relevant departments and local authorities to improve supporting systems and mechanisms and take concrete steps to promote the implementation of the private sector promotion law.
"We will make continuous and increasing efforts to remove barriers to market access and to fair competition, to address the issue of overdue payments to private enterprises, to protect the lawful rights and interests of private businesses and entrepreneurs by the law, to implement various relief policies, to help private enterprises shoulder their responsibilities of the era, so as to help translate legal systems into concrete actions and tangible outcomes that promote the high-quality development of the private sector," said Liu.
Concrete steps to take for firmly implementing China's landmark private sector promotion law: official
