In the first half of 2018, the growth rate of real estate investment increased significantly compared with the same period in 2017, with a nominal growth rate of 9.7%. However, infrastructure investment closely related to cement demand fell sharply, with a year-on-year growth rate of only 7.3%, which was much lower than that of the same period in 2017. 21.1% directly dragged down cement demand, and cement demand declined slightly. As of the first half of 2018, the country's cumulative cement output was 997 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 0.6%, and the decline was narrower than that in January to May; among them, cement demand in the northern region fell significantly, and the growth rates in Northeast, Northwest and North China were-12.85%,-11.81% and-5.2%, respectively

On July 4, 2019, a China-Russia East Line Natural Gas Pipeline Project Construction Promotion Meeting was held in Faku County, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province. Representatives from Liaohe Oil Construction, Pipeline Bureau, Daqing Oil Construction, Xinjiang Oil Construction, China-Russia East Line Project Department, Pipeline Design Institute, and multi-party testing companies attended the groundbreaking ceremony. As the China-Russia East Route Natural Gas Pipeline Project is being ignited and welded at various points and sections in Faku County, Liaoning Province, the middle section of the China-Russia East Route Natural Gas Pipeline Project has fully begun construction. The China-Russia East Line Natural Gas Pipeline Project is the first one built in my country with a super-large diameter of 1422mm, X80 high steel grade, and a high pressure of 12 MPa