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China’s megaprojects and their significance

Explore China’s bold megaprojects, from hyperloop tech to the world’s tallest dam.

Updated: 22 Jul, 2025
China’s megaprojects and their significance
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China’s mega bridges: build smarter, build higher, build where others won’t dare

Chinese engineering smashes world records while creating some of the world’s longest and most impressive bridges.

26 May, 2025
Construction of the Ningbo-Zhoushan Railway Xihoumen Dual purpose Highway and Railway Bridge on the coast of Jintang Island, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang province, Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images
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China is building the world’s tallest dam. It’s just started storing water

First unit of the Shuangjiangkou power station in Sichuan province is expected to be generating electricity by the end of this year.

09 May, 2025
The Shuangjiangkou hydropower project in Sichuan province has been under construction for nearly a decade. Photo: Handout
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How China is solving the nightmare that killed Elon Musk’s Hyperloop

Chinese engineers have overcome the hurdles that stopped the US billionaire’s idea for a vacuum tube transport system in its tracks.

20 Mar, 2025
China has succeeded where Elon Musk failed with an ultra-high-speed low-vacuum pipeline maglev railway. Photo: CREC
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China plans to build ‘Three Gorges dam in space’ to harness solar power

Chinese rocket scientist reveals blueprint for ‘incredible project’ to build solar power station in space using super heavy rockets.

09 Jan, 2025
A Long March-5 rocket is seen at the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China. The much larger Long March-9, a reusable heavy-lift rocket, will be used to realise plans for the solar power station in space. Photo: Xinhua via AP
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Three Gorges times 3: China will build the largest dam in Earth’s deepest canyon

Hydropower project on Yarlung Tsangpo River could get unprecedented investment to tackle daunting engineering challenges.

26 Dec, 2024
China’s Three Gorges Dam, shown here, ranks first in the world for generating capacity. But a planned project in Tibet could produce triple the amount of electricity. Photo: Xinhua
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China surrounds ‘sea of death’ Taklamakan Desert with giant green belt

Just completed multi-decade project in Xinjiang region is intended to help prevent desertification and boost local economies.

28 Nov, 2024
China has construction a vast green belt of salt-tolerant, drought-resistant plants to combat desertification in the Xinjiang region. Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images
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