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Hesai’s JT Series 3D Lidar Revolutionizes the Future of Autonomous Farming

PALO ALTO, Calif., July 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Hesai Technology (Nasdaq: HSAI), a global leader in lidar solutions, announces today that it will supply its advanced JT series lidar sensors to support the deployment of next-generation autonomous farming robots for Agtonomy and Alpha Werke. These partnerships bring together leading innovators in agricultural autonomy and robotics perception, accelerating the transformation of traditional farming to become smarter, more efficient, and more sustainable.

Lidar: The Eyes of AI “Farming Agents”

As a foundational sector of the global economy, farming sustains not only food systems but entire supply chains and communities—yet it now faces unprecedented challenges. Labor shortages are intensifying, operational costs are climbing, and climate unpredictability is making it harder than ever to ensure consistent yields. Farmers are under pressure to do more with less. The future of farming depends on physical AI—intelligent, connected autonomous farming robots that can work around the clock and adapt to complex environments.

At the heart of this transformation is lidar—a core sensing component that acts as the eyes of AI “farming agents”, enabling autonomous farming robots the spatial awareness they need to safely and accurately perform repetitive, labor-intensive tasks such as mowing, spraying, weeding, and hauling.

Hesai JT series mini hemispherical 3D lidar
Hesai JT series mini hemispherical 3D lidar

Hesai’s JT series—mini hemispherical 3D lidar sensors are designed with robotics applications in mind. They combine powerful environmental perception with a compact, robust design that’s ideal for autonomous farming.

  • Powerful perception: With an ultra-wide field of view covering the equivalent of two football fields, JT series sensors capture rich 3D data in real time. This enables AI systems to analyze crop loads, terrain, and surroundings with unmatched perception. The JT series also has a minimum detection range of 0 meters, enabling autonomous farming robots to perform close-range maneuvers with zero blind spots.
  • Compact size: Compared to similar products, the JT series is 70% smaller in volume. Its compact design allows for embedded installation on a wide range of autonomous farming robots, with a surface height of less than 30 mm. Whether it’s a ground-hugging weeding robot or a high-clearance spraying robot, JT series lidar can fit seamlessly.
  • Robust reliability: Because lidar actively emits laser light, it is not affected by ambient lighting conditions. This makes JT series lidar highly reliable across farming applications in challenging environments, at any time of day or night. JT sensors have also passed rigorous reliability tests—including IPX6 waterproofing, vibration and shock resistance, UV aging, and extreme temperature cycling—ensuring they stand up to the harshest farming environments.

What the Leaders Are Saying

Agtonomy, headquartered in California, is a leading agricultural technology company specializing in autonomous farming solutions. Agtonomy’s groundbreaking software for autonomous farming robots integrated with Hesai’s JT128 lidar enables farmers to easily monitor live progress, automate work, and manage fleets of vehicles.

“The seamless integration of Hesai’s lidar into Agtonomy-enabled tractors has significantly enhanced precision automation in agriculture. Hesai’s sensors provide reliable navigation, even in the most challenging conditions. Paired with our software, they allow us to automate numerous tasks—delivering an affordable and scalable solution for modern farms,” says Tim Bucher, CEO and Co-Founder, Agtonomy.

Alpha Werke, based in Austria, is an innovative agricultural robotics company focused on enabling autonomy in the most challenging off-road environments. Its flagship solution TracPilot is integrated with Hesai’s JT16 lidar, able to perceive complex terrain in real time and safely execute tasks like spraying and hauling in rugged conditions.

“Powered by Hesai’s lidar, we’re bringing autonomy to places GPS can’t reach—dense forests, orchards, and solar farms. Its reliability and precision makes Hesai an ideal partner for farming robots where safety, efficiency, and robust performance matter most,” says Patrick Neuhauser, CEO of Alpha Werke.

Empowering the Future of Farming, One Sensor at a Time

As the global agriculture industry faces increasing pressure such as labor shortages and rising costs, AI automation is poised to play a critical role. As of June 2025, Hesai has already delivered over 100,000 JT lidar units. Through its cutting-edge lidar sensors designed for autonomous farming robots, Hesai is committed to working hand-in-hand with agricultural innovators to enable the next revolution in autonomous farming, meeting the evolving demands of this multi-billion-dollar market.

 

CLO Unveils the zFab Kit: a Revolutionary AI-Powered Fabric Digitization System

NEW YORK, July 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — CLO Virtual Fashion, an industry leader in 3D garment visualization and design technology, announced the launch of the all-new CLO zFab Kit, a groundbreaking fabric digitization system set to transform the apparel and textile industries. The CLO zFab Kit, which includes three innovative devices—the zFab Cutter, the zFab Draper, and the zFab Scanner—will be available exclusively to CLO’s Enterprise clients. In conjunction with the company’s recent acquisition of swatchbook, the launch of the new zFab Kit places CLO as the world’s leading digital fabrics solutions provider.


Introducing: the all-new CLO zFab Kit, a revolutionary AI-powered fabric digitization system. Accurate, fast and seamlessly integrated into CLO. Pre-order today at zfabkit.clo3d.com

CLO’s new solution, powered by CLO’s state of the art AI technology, is designed to dramatically accelerate the fabric digitization process, enabling brands, vendors and suppliers – including accessory suppliers and fabric mills – to create accurate, high-quality digital representations of fabrics with unprecedented ease and precision. By integrating the zFab Kit into their workflow, CLO users can anticipate these benefits:

1. Superior Accuracy: The CLO zFab Kit dramatically cuts down errors during manual measurements. The system allows for streamlined cutting and analysis of the fabric’s physical qualities, ensuring digital versions in CLO are precise and reliable for use in design and production.

2. Enhanced Automation: Powered by CLO’s AI technology, the CLO zFab Kit automates the digitization process, significantly increasing speed, efficiency and accuracy for users.

3. Seamless Integration: The CLO zFab Kit is designed to work effortlessly with CLO’s existing suite of 3D design products and services, making it a breeze to work with high-quality digital fabric files within and beyond the CLO ecosystem.

“As the industry moves rapidly toward digital workflows powered by AI, fabric digitization is becoming essential to stay competitive. With our new CLO zFab Kit, we’re taking it to the next level” said Simon Kim, CEO at CLO Virtual Fashion. “Our unique approach – using our vast trove of fabric data amassed over many years computed via CLO’s AI technology – not only enhances the quality and accuracy of fabric representation, but also significantly reduces the time and resources needed compared to previous hardware and methods. Early adopters are already seeing faster sampling and stronger cross-team/industry collaboration. It also requires minimal setup and training times, and can scale across teams of any size with limited resources. We can’t wait to see how our users around the globe adopt and use the zFab kit to elevate their design processes.”

CLO’s Enterprise tier users can express their interest in the CLO zFab Kit and pre-order now by contacting their CLO representative in their respective regions. For more information about the CLO zFab Kit and to stay updated on the launch, visit zfabkit.clo3d.com.

About CLO Virtual Fashion:

CLO Virtual Fashion is the creator of CLO, the leading 3D fashion design software used and trusted by designers, small businesses, and titans of the fashion industry to achieve a seamless digital workflow. With over two decades of research and development in accurate garment simulation, CLO Virtual Fashion’s mission is to empower users at every step of the garment journey, from concept to design, fitting to manufacturing, from styling to marketing. In addition to 3D garment design software, CLO Virtual Fashion’s products include CLO-SET (a digital collaboration platform), CONNECT (a digital fashion hub and marketplace), and consumer-facing solutions such as e-commerce virtual fittings. CLO’s interconnected and ever-growing product ecosystem is built to power the future of everything related to garments.

CLO Unveils the zFab Kit: a Revolutionary AI-Powered Fabric Digitization System
CLO Unveils the zFab Kit: a Revolutionary AI-Powered Fabric Digitization System

Cognizant Launches AI Training Data Services to Accelerate AI Model Development at Enterprise Scale

Cognizant is a data and AI model training partner, long trusted by large digital native pioneers to help train some of the most advanced AI /ML models in the world

TEANECK, N.J., July 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) today announced the launch of AI Training Data Services, a new offering designed to help enterprises build, fine-tune, and implement AI models at speed and scale. Leveraging deep experience as a data and AI model training partner to select digital native pioneers, Cognizant is now bringing its expertise to global 2000 clients to power AI innovation.

Cognizant today announced the launch of AI Training Data Services, a new offering designed to help enterprises build, fine-tune, and implement AI models at speed and scale.
Cognizant today announced the launch of AI Training Data Services, a new offering designed to help enterprises build, fine-tune, and implement AI models at speed and scale.

The market need for clean, relevant training data is critical as enterprises race to build AI-powered applications and operationalize generative and agentic AI. The limited availability of large-scale, accurately annotated datasets can create a significant bottleneck for training machine learning models, especially large language models and computer vision systems. Multi-modal data, spanning text, images, audio, and more, is particularly valuable as it enables models to handle complex scenarios requiring context from multiple data forms.

Cognizant’s AI Training Data Services is a strategic offering that enables enterprises to quickly build, fine-tune, validate, and deploy AI models at scale in alignment with enterprises’ internal governance and oversight. It fuses data engineering and AI training expertise with deep functional and industry-domain knowledge to turn multi-modal data into high quality inputs for machine-learning and generative AI models. These services cover data annotation, model customization and enhancement, as well as data governance, designed to enable organizations to accelerate speed to market, increase model accuracy and performance, and reduce costs.

For years, Cognizant has helped digital-native leaders train some of the world’s most advanced AI models. The company has worked with trailblazers in technology, healthcare, automotive, media and retail. Cognizant’s more than 10,000 specialists have delivered large-scale data annotation and quality-checked billions of data points and millions of data labels across every major modality — including speech, 2-D/3-D imagery, video, and light detection and ranging (LiDAR) often enriched with geospatial metadata for added accuracy. Cognizant’s domain knowledge has led to the company producing high-precision, specialized datasets for healthcare, automotive, media, digital marketing and more.

“At Cognizant, we’re committed to helping our clients accelerate their AI innovation at scale. By launching AI Training Data Services, we’re advancing this commitment and providing enterprises with the high-quality, multi-modal data they need to build sophisticated AI solutions,” said Ravi Kumar S., CEO of Cognizant. “In leveraging this specialized capability that we’ve deeply honed with digital innovators, we are taking a significant step forward in supporting AI transformation for our G2000 clients across industries.”

Cognizant’s AI Training Data Services offer several core capabilities, such as:

  • Comprehensive data annotation and curation, which includes: 
    • Multi-modal data labeling that enables expert annotation and curation for multi-modal data (e.g. text, images, audio, video) for high accuracy in AI training, from content understanding to conversational AI.
  • AI model customization and enhancement data, which includes:
    • Supervised Fine-tuning Data: Meticulously curated datasets for fine-tuning LLMs and foundation models.
    • Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) Data: High-quality human feedback for RLHF intended to assist clients in aligning AI model behavior with human preferences and values, under the client’s oversight.
    • Red Teaming Data for Robustness: Curated datasets to support Red Teaming exercises aimed at identifying potential vulnerabilities and failure points.
  • Enterprise-grade AI evaluation and governance, which includes:
    • Agentic Solutions & Context Engineering Data: Specialized data services for building, refining, and evaluating AI agentic solutions under client defined parameters.
    • LLM Model Evaluation Data & Reporting: Robust data for evaluating LLM performance across various metrics.
    • Enterprise-Grade AI Deployment: Deployment of AI models within the client’s Virtual Private Cloud environment, designed to support enterprise-grade data security, privacy, and control.

“Enterprises are eager to operationalize AI, but many are held back by data debt—a persistent burden caused by fragmented, poor-quality, or inaccessible data that limits the development of effective AI models,” said Saurabh Gupta, President, Research & Advisory Services at HFS Research. “Cognizant is tackling this challenge head-on by unifying its full spectrum of capabilities—business services, IT expertise, engineering excellence, and ecosystem partnerships—into a streamlined, industry-contextual solution. Its AI Training Data Services blend deep domain knowledge with advanced data engineering and training capabilities, exemplifying the ‘Services-as-Software’ approach to help enterprises close the data readiness gap and stay competitive in an AI-driven world.”

“Businesses today are seeking to deploy generative and agentic AI at scale. These technologies hold promise to transform business models by enabling much higher levels of end-to-end automation and thereby more efficient and effective operations,” said Anil Vijayan, Partner at Everest Group. “As these scale up, the need for comprehensive and diverse data that speed up AI model creation, enhance model precision, and support adherence to regulations, becomes even more pronounced. Cognizant’s AI Training Data Services with their track record brings value in this space.” 

To learn more about Cognizant’s AI Training Data Services, visit the webpage here.

About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) engineers modern businesses. We help our clients modernize technology, reimagine processes and transform experiences so they can stay ahead in our fast-changing world. Together, we’re improving everyday life.

See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.

For more information, contact:

U.S.

Name :Gabrielle Gugliocciello

Email: gabrielle.gugliocciello@cognizant.com

Europe / APAC

Name: Sarah Douglas

Email: Sarah.Douglas@cognizant.com 

India

Name: Vipin Nair 

Email: Vipin.Nair@cognizant.com 

 

 

Dx&Vx Signs USD 220 Million Co-Development and License Agreement for mRNA Cancer Vaccine with U.S. Biotech Company

– First global out-licensing deal since founding — tangible return on new drug development investments

– Significant milestone payments and future revenue expected — additional out-licensing of proprietary technologies anticipated

SEOUL, South Korea, July 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Dx&Vx (DXVX) has signed its first-ever global out-licensing agreement since its establishment.

On July 30, DXVX announced that it has entered into a co-development and license agreement valued at approximately USD 220 million with a U.S.-based biotech company for its mRNA-based cancer vaccine. Revenue sharing post-commercialization will be handled separately.

Through this agreement, DXVX will grant its partner exclusive global rights to its patented mRNA-based cancer vaccine. The partner company will pay DXVX a total of approximately USD 220 million in development milestones and, following commercialization, sales-based milestone payments exceeding 10% of cumulative sales over a period of more than 15 years. Given the vast size and growth potential of the global oncology and cancer vaccine markets and the expected market share, DXVX projects that post-commercialization sales milestone revenues could exceed USD 940 million.

Even after the out-licensing, DXVX will remain responsible for leading R&D activities necessary for commercialization, including preclinical studies, Phase 1–3 clinical trials, and production. The partner company will be responsible for global regulatory approvals and sales. Other specific terms remain confidential by mutual agreement.

The mRNA-based cancer vaccine covered under this license agreement is part of DXVX’s proprietary pipeline and has demonstrated superior anticancer efficacy in preclinical animal studies compared to global competitors currently undergoing Phase 2b trials. DXVX has completed patent applications for the compound. In addition, the candidate utilizes DXVX’s proprietary long-term ambient storage mRNA vaccine platform technology, securing a technological edge over competitors.

The partnering U.S. biotech company possesses RNA-based drug development and diverse platform technologies. Following their first partnering meeting at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference and Biotech Showcase this January, the partner recognized DXVX’s technological strengths, leading to the rapid conclusion of this agreement.

Kevin Kwon, CEO of DXVX, stated, “We are very pleased to sign our first global out-licensing agreement. We sincerely appreciate our partner’s recognition of our technological strength,” adding, “We believe this agreement will positively influence additional licensing discussions currently underway for other pipelines.”

Meanwhile, DXVX’s largest shareholder is Chong-Yoon Lim, Chairman of COREE and eldest son of the founder of Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group. In addition to the mRNA cancer vaccine, DXVX is developing several pipeline assets, including a long-term ambient storage mRNA vaccine platform, an oral anti-obesity therapeutic, and OVM-200, a peptide-based cancer vaccine, and other pipelines. The company is currently in licensing discussions with multiple domestic and international pharmaceutical and biotech companies.

Emerald Clinical Trials Confirms CEO Transition and Continuity Plan

SINGAPORE, July 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Emerald Clinical Trials, a leading global clinical research organization, today announced a leadership transition. Mary Gunn has stepped down effective immediately. The Board has appointed Glenn Kerkhof, a long-standing Board member and experienced CRO executive, as Interim CEO.

The Board has commenced a formal search for a permanent CEO and has asked Glenn Kerkhof to lead the organization through this period to ensure continuity, stability and strong execution.

“We thank Mary for her contributions,” said Sean Carney, Chair of the Board. “Emerald Clinical Trials is a leading CRO with global capabilities and with Glenn stepping in as Interim CEO, we are confident in our ability to maintain momentum and deliver for our clients,” Sean Carney said.

Glenn Kerkhof brings more than 30 years of executive experience in clinical research and pharmaceutical services. Glenn was previously CEO of Chiltern, where he led the company through major international expansion, and served as Executive Chairman of George Clinical (now Emerald Clinical Trials), helping shape its growth across Asia.

“Emerald Clinical’s strengths lie in our therapeutic focus, scientific depth and close client partnerships,” said Glenn Kerkhof. “I am focused on a smooth transition, strong delivery for customers, and supporting our global teams. I am committed to building on our momentum and leading with clarity and purpose,” he said.

About Emerald Clinical Trials
Emerald Clinical Trials is a leading clinical research organization operating worldwide that serves over 100 biotechs, and 6 of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies. Headquartered in Singapore and driven by operational expertise and scientific excellence, the company provides comprehensive clinical trial services to clients globally, offering solutions across all trial phases. For more information, visit www.emeraldclinical.com.

2025 “TOPAI International AI Ecosystem Frontier Private Salon” Successfully Held in Tokyo, Exploring New Opportunities for Global AI Industry Development


TOKYO, JAPAN – Media OutReach Newswire – 30 July 2025 – On July 29, the 2025 “TOPAI International AI Ecosystem Frontier Private Salon” co-hosted by “TOPAI” and the “Inspiration Island Incubator,” was successfully held in Tokyo, Japan.

2025 "TOPAI International AI Ecosystem Frontier Private Salon" Successfully Held in Tokyo, Exploring New Opportunities for Global AI Industry Development

As the first stop of “TOPAI”‘s overseas private conference, this event brought together over ten investors, scholars, technology developers, and entrepreneurs from the AI sectors of China and Japan. They engaged in deep discussions on topics such as AI technology innovation, industrial implementation, investment, entrepreneurship, and global collaboration, sharing insights that combined depth with practical value.

The audience primarily consisted of AI entrepreneurs, industry observers, students from related university programs, and Japanese media. The venue was fully packed, and the atmosphere was vibrant, reflecting the high level of attention from innovative entrepreneurs in both China and Japan towards the AI field.

“TOPAI” continually empowers the AI sector through in-depth content and industry reports. This private conference in Tokyo aims to serve as an important link connecting the AI ecosystems of China and Japan. The “Inspiration Island Incubator” is the first professional AI innovation incubation platform established by IMS GROUP overseas, focusing on serving content entrepreneurs and AI startups to help more AI entrepreneurial teams grow.

The participating Chinese entrepreneurs in Japan have deep insights into the local market, having worked there for many years. They shared practical perspectives on core issues such as overcoming technical barriers and adapting to local market needs, based on their own experiences.

Meanwhile, AI entrepreneurs from China, grounded in the rapidly iterating domestic AI technology landscape, shared explorations on key topics such as commercialization paths and globalization strategies, drawing on cutting-edge practices in areas like large model applications, content generation, and office environment innovation.

In the rapidly evolving AI landscape, deep connections have become a core pathway to promoting global AI ecosystem prosperity. AI companies need to break down technical barriers and build an open, shared collaborative network, deepening cooperation in areas such as algorithm innovation, data circulation, and ethical standards. Only through collaboration can we break down silos and resolve differences, allowing AI to truly become a powerful engine driving sustainable global development.

As “TOPAI” holds: true value arises from deep connections. This Tokyo private conference was not only a clash of ideas but also a weaving together of resources, trust, and vision, laying a solid foundation for AI development in China, Japan, and globally.

The successful holding of the 2025 “TOPAI International AI Ecosystem Frontier Private Salon” in Tokyo is just the beginning of connections. The exchanges and discussions among industry peers here represent the true value of the private conference.

As technological breakthroughs and industrial practices intersect and as trust and consensus converge, the path to a collaborative global AI ecosystem becomes increasingly clear. The “TOPAI International AI Ecosystem Frontier Private Salon” will continue to advance and expand to more cities around the world.

About the Inspiration Island Incubator

The Inspiration Island Incubator has opened applications for innovation projects. It provides a high-energy modern office environment for entrepreneurs at different stages of development, offering one-stop incubation services tailored for teams ranging from one-person independent offices to those with over ten members. With flexible office solutions and responsive adjustments, it truly enables a “move-in ready” experience, helping entrepreneurs launch new chapters in their careers at low costs.

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The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

About TOPAI

TOPAI is a technology media registered under Beijing New Three Excellent Tech Co. LTD, primarily focusing on the latest developments in the global AI field and producing in-depth insights and authoritative reports.

Chery Group rejoins Fortune Global 500; LEPAS debuts at Jakarta Auto Show with first overseas orders

WUHU, China, July 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — LEPAS landed its first overseas orders for L8 at its debut at Indonesia’s Jakarta International Auto Show (GIIAS), where it staged an exquisite life runway show.

Chery Group rejoins Fortune Global 500; LEPAS debuts at Jakarta Auto Show with first overseas orders
Chery Group rejoins Fortune Global 500; LEPAS debuts at Jakarta Auto Show with first overseas orders

Recently, LEPAS kicked off its overseas debut at GIIAS, with its all-star product matrix L8, L6, and L4 officially debuting — covering user groups with fashion personalities. With “exquisite travel” as its core, LEPAS is elevating the industry from “functional satisfaction” to “life aesthetics”.

At the show, LEPAS continued its “Leopard Aesthetics” in brand experience. Its booth, designed as a runway-style space integrated with lifestyle aesthetics, created an immersive user experience — interpreting the brand philosophy that automobiles are an extension of life. Globally, LEPAS will expand via “design + technology + service”, offering a closed-loop “elegant driving” experience across regions.

As a newest energy model, L8 embodies LEPAS’ “Leopard Aesthetics”. Its sleek outline, paired with highly recognizable light groups and detailed craftsmanship, reflects LEPAS’ understanding that “elegance is power”. The cockpit, with a skyline-inspired layout and natural texture design, focuses on comfort and intelligence — meeting the quality needs of global urban elites. L8 may later adopt Chery Group’s Super Hybrid system (CSH), further satisfying global users’ diverse demands.

Chery Group supports LEPAS’ rapid global rise. In the era of smart electric vehicles, Chery has grown in new energy and intelligence. With its R&D strategy of ‘mass-produce one, develop one, pre-research one’, Chery has made forward-looking layouts, built first-mover advantages, and driven full-cycle tech innovation, offering unique products to users. By July 2025, Chery’s cumulative exports exceeded 5 million units, ranking No.1 in Chinese brand passenger car exports for years. Additionally, Chery made the 2025 Fortune Global 500 this year, leaping 152 spots from last year.

As a core part of Chery’s globalization strategy, LEPAS is deeply integrated into the group’s global resource in R&D, manufacturing, supply chains, and sales networks. Using Chery’s global R&D centers, LEPAS has full-link development capabilities, ensuring quality and quick user response.

LEPAS’ global debut is more than a showcase; it’s the first practice of its “exquisite travel” concept. Indonesian officials, media, core dealers, attended the showcase, with the announcing of sponsorship with Miss Universe Indonesia. What can be seen is, LEPAS is driving into the global spotlight.

State Grid Gansu Linxia Power Supply Company: Strong Grid to Support Local Revitalization and Development

LINXIA, China, July 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — At 20:32 on July 29th, with the completion of the entire start-up plan for the 110kV Beiyuan Substation, the first “multi-station integration” comprehensive energy system demonstration station integrating “photovoltaic + energy storage + charging” in Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province, the Linxia Beiyuan 110kV transmission and transformation project was officially put into operation. This marks a solid step forward for the State Grid Linxia Power Supply Company in serving the local economic and social development of Linxia and assisting in rural revitalization.

Since the project started in April 2024, the State Grid Linxia Power Supply Company has adhered to the principle of ensuring and improving people’s livelihood as the starting point and foothold of power grid construction. It has coordinated the design, construction, supervision, and dispatching of various forces, innovatively implemented the “battle map + daily meeting” mechanism, and successfully completed the installation, commissioning, and acceptance tasks with over 130 personnel and more than 10 pieces of machinery during the peak period, taking 15 months to accomplish the tasks.

“We always keep in mind the mission of serving local development, adhere to the principle of ‘the power grid revolves around people’s livelihoods, and projects focus on industrial development’, and reverse the construction schedule, refine the nodes, and strive to achieve the ‘acceleration’ of construction while ensuring quality and safety,” said Liu Jun, director of the construction department of the Linxia Power Supply Company of the State Grid, “Since entering May, as the milestone nodes of the project’s commissioning approach, the construction project has sounded the ‘charge horn’. Party members have taken the initiative, played a pioneering and exemplary role, led the construction personnel to overcome one difficulty after another, and ensured the smooth progress of the project.”

The Beiyuan (Qiaosi) 110 kV transmission and transformation project is a major project listed in the “14th Five-Year Plan” grid planning of Linxia Prefecture in Gansu Province, and it is also a key livelihood project supported by the State Grid Gansu Electric Power Company for the development of the Linxia area. After the project is put into operation, it will significantly optimize the grid structure of the Linxia power grid, improve the power supply capacity and safe and stable operation level, and fully meet the new load electricity demand in the Linxia Beiyuan area. Provide sufficient and reliable power guarantee for major projects such as the billion-level ecological agriculture demonstration industrial park, water-saving irrigation, and local characteristic industries, and help Linxia Prefecture focus on building the “five areas” functional positioning, injecting strong “power grid momentum” into the high-quality economic and social development of Linxia Prefecture.