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Tianfu New Area Accelerates the Construction of a Modern Industrial System

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Industrial Introduction and Urban Construction Resonating Together 

CHENGDU, China, May 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — In the vibrant spring of March, Xinglong Lake is brimming with vitality, symbolizing the high-quality development of a modern industrial system of the park city. Recently, Party-Masses Work Department of CPC Sichuan Tianfu New Area Work Committee organized the second phase of a high-quality development media research and observation activity. A group of journalists from major central and provincial media outlets visited various industrial and corporate parks in Tianfu New Area to conduct on-site research on the area’s high-quality industrial development, providing in-depth insights into the key supports behind the rapid construction of a modern industrial system and the sustainable urban development of Tianfu New Area.

Optimizing Industrial Spatial Distribution Guided by Urban Functions
Three Urban Function Groups constructs the “Four Beams and Eight Pillars” of the Industrial System

In mid-spring, the serene waters of Xinglong Lake reflect the innovative and thriving spirit of Chengdu Science City. The Tianfu Intelligent Port project, located in the core area of Chengdu Science City, is in its final optimization stage and will soon welcome a large number of enterprises. As a comprehensive industrial park, it focuses on attracting new economy industries such as artificial intelligence and big data, as well as green low-carbon industries centered around smart energy. The project emphasizes an integrated ecosystem of “scientific and technological project incubation, commercialization of scientific and technological achievements services, and lakeside commercial facilities,” aiming to create a center for commercialization of scientific and technological achievements and a platform for digital economic development.

Chengdu Science City, where Tianfu Intelligent Port is located, is one of the three major industrial function areas successfully established in Tianfu New Area. In recent years, Tianfu New Area has focused on four core functions: pilot demonstration of park city, innovation source transformation, inland opening gateway, and Tianfu Central Legal Services District. Additionally, it emphasizes three unique functions: leading the digital economy, clustering cultural and creative industries, and providing full-cycle technological and financial services. This has led to the strategic development of three industrial function zones: Tianfu Central Business District, Chengdu Science City, and Tianfu Digital Cultural and Creative City.

Chengdu Science City has systematically developed major strategic initiatives like the ChengduChongqing (Xinglong Lake) comprehensive science center, and the Tianfu Laboratory. It comprises an integrated functional group of “one island, one center, one base, and four parks,” focusing on scientific research, technological innovation, industrial drive, and innovative ecosystems. Key areas include big data and artificial intelligence, high-end software and operating systems, integrated circuits, and ecological protection, along with future tracks such as satellite internet and advanced computing. Currently, it has attracted 217 major projects, including ZTE, and 37 Fortune Global 500 companies, attracting and nurturing over 1,200 high-tech enterprises and more than 30,000 new economy enterprises.

Just a few kilometers north of Xinglong Lake lies the Tianfu Central Business District, covering an area of 50.3 square kilometers. Over the past few years, this area has developed into a hub led by headquarters economy, empowered by exhibitions and expositions, and characterized by legal services. It has hosted over 600 exhibition activities, including the Western China International Fair and the China Food & Drinks Fair. The area is also home to China’s first provincial-level legal service cluster, the Tianfu Central Legal Services District, which has attracted over 300 high-level legal service institutions. A “15-minute living circle” with balanced cultural and educational facilities has been established, forming a high-quality industrial community that attracts urban elites.

Moreover, Tianfu Digital Cultural and Creative City, one of the three major urban groups and the main carrier of the city’s cultural and creative (digital cultural and creative) development, has established the city’s first international living room for Sino-Italian cultural exchange. It continues to promote the construction of high-quality industrial chains, focusing on developing the digital audiovisual, digital consumption, and digital terminal industries. The city has signed 73 major projects, including the Southwest Headquarters of China Record Corporation and the A8 Online Literature and Film & TV Audiovisual Base, with a total agreed investment of over 100 billion yuan.

Harnessing Major Projects to Drive High-Quality Development
Promoting High-Quality Development Through High-Quality Project Construction

At the China Power Construction West Innovation Center in the Tianfu Central Business District, Power Construction of China West Regional Headquarters, China Power Construction West Construction Investment and Development Company and other 12 high-quality Chinese power construction enterprises have settled here and realized practical operation. The entire project integrates the group’s strengths in energy, water resources and environmental governance, and infrastructure construction, planning to establish the China Power Construction West Regional Headquarters with administrative management, financial settlement, investment procurement, and production-finance services.

In recent years, the Tianfu Central Business District has attracted 137 major industrial projects, including China Merchants Group, Power China, Luzhou Laojiao, Kobe Medical, and Xinjiang Guanghui Group, with a total investment exceeding 270 billion yuan. Among these, 36 are high-level Fortune 500 enterprises.

Since the approval of Tianfu New Area, a series of major transportation, water conservancy, scientific, and industrial projects have been completed and put into operation. The urban road network, including the “three vertical and one horizontal” roads, has surpassed 1,000 kilometers. Open platforms like the Western China International Expo City, Tianfu International Conference Center, and Bonded Logistics Center (Type B) have been built and utilized. Major scientific and technological support platforms, such as Tianfu Xinglong Lake Laboratory, National Sichuan-Tibet Railway Technology Innovation Center, and National Supercomputing Center in Chengdu, have started operations. Significant scientific infrastructure, including the Multi-Scale Vector Optical Field Space-Time Control Verification Device and Multi-Modal Rail Transit Dynamic Model Test Platform, have been successively established. High-quality public service institutions, such as West China Tianfu Hospital, Tianfu Middle School, and Guanghui Art Museum, have been completed and put into operation, injecting strong momentum into the high-quality economic and social development of Tianfu New Area.

Last month, the Direct Administration Zone of Sichuan Tianfu New Area held a major project on-site promotion event for the first quarter of 2024, advancing 54 key projects with a total investment of 23.23 billion yuan. This further emphasized the role of project construction in expanding effective investment and achieving a “good start” for the first quarter, laying a solid foundation for development throughout the year.

2024 marks the tenth anniversary of Tianfu New Area’s approval as a national-level new area. This year, Tianfu New Area will comprehensively enhance project planning, acquisition, and implementation efforts, fully commencing major projects such as the Phoenix-inhabited Valley and Phoenix-inhabited Wetland Technology Transformation Base. It will accelerate the construction of key supporting projects such as the Chengdu Sci-Tech Innovation Eco-Island, CNOCEAN Building, Tianfu High-Speed Railway Station, and various laboratories. Additionally, it aims to establish new educational projects, such as the Chengdu No. 7 Middle School Yucai Science City Branch and the Experimental Primary School Lakeside Road Campus, and strive for national medical centers (Chinese medicine) and national oral medicine centers. The continuous and vigorous project construction will firmly support the high-quality development of the new area.

Continuously Introducing Strategic Emerging and Future Industries
Accelerating the Construction of a Modern Industrial System Guided by Industrial Circles and Strong Chains

Located on the southwest side of Xinglong Lake, Ronggang Innovation Park is focusing on building diversified office spaces that meet modern business needs, one-stop operation services, and enterprise service solution platforms. It attracts many innovative, entrepreneurial, and high-growth companies and professional incubators, especially in key industries such as the digital economy and cultural creativity. Just across the street, the Xinglong Lake Technology Integration and Transformation Base is creating a technology scene experience center and a pioneer demonstration area for urban industrial parks, integrating scientific innovation, R&D design, small-scale trials, flexible small-batch production, industrial chain SME incubation, urban industrial services, and commercial and living facilities.

Complex industrial parks like Ronggang Innovation Park, Xinglong Lake Technology Integration and Transformation Base, and Phoenix-inhabited Wetland Technology Transformation Base will provide direct support for continuously introducing strategic emerging and future industries into Tianfu New Area.

In recent years, Tianfu New Area has actively implemented the strategy of industrial circles and strong industrial chains, accelerating the clustering of key industries, and promoting the digitalization of industries and the application of digital technologies. In 2023, Tianfu New Area’s digital economy grew rapidly, with 14 projects, including ZTE Southwest Innovation Center, achieving significant progress. The revenue of regulated software and information technology service industries grew by 40.3%. Moreover, a modern industrial system supported by urban industry, modern services, and modern urban agriculture is rapidly forming. In 2023, the Phoenix-inhabited Valley Science and Innovation Demonstration Park construction began, introducing over 100 intelligent manufacturing projects, including Zhensheng Data and Kedao Chip Nation. Various exhibitions, such as the Golden Panda Awards, China International Copyright Expo, and Chengdu International Auto Show, were held, with the exhibition area increasing by 72% compared to 2019. Additionally, 29 modern financial enterprises, primarily private equity investment funds, were established, with the management scale exceeding 600 billion yuan. The world’s first 20-story unmanned vertical plant factory was put into use, and rural residents’ per capita disposable income increased by 6.3%, making Tianfu New Area an advanced unit in Sichuan Province’s rural revitalization for three consecutive years.

In February, CPC Sichuan Tianfu New Area Work Committee and Administrative Committee held the 2024 work conference, proposing the main work theme of “gathering people and thriving industries” for the year. They will implement the “three doubling actions” of enhancing innovation capability, urban industry, and governance efficiency, further driving the transformation and upgrading of the industrial structure and strengthening the support of the real economy.

Currently, Tianfu New Area is committed to positioning urban industry as a key move for promoting industrial transformation and upgrading. It focuses on innovating industrial space supply modes, exploring the development path of industrial buildings, and actively targeting new high-end industrial blue oceans. It emphasizes urban industry, focusing on fields such as aerospace and rail transit, accelerating the construction and operation of professional carriers like Phoenix-inhabited Valley and Yuepu Gazelle Valley. It aims to build 570,000 square meters of new urban industrial carriers and put 350,000 square meters into operation this year.

Simultaneously, Tianfu New Area will emphasize future industrial layout, promoting the clustering development of industries such as rail transit, optoelectronics, and satellite internet. It will strategically plan the low-altitude economy, formulating plans for four networks: infrastructure network, air network, route network, and service network, and exploring the development of demonstration application scenarios such as logistics distribution, safety inspection, and low-altitude tourism.

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NorthX invests $3 million in breakthrough decarbonization solutions

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Funding to accelerate industrial emissions reductions, scale clean technologies, and strengthen low carbon supply chains

VANCOUVER, BC, April 29, 2026 /CNW/ – NorthX Climate Tech (NorthX) today announced $3 million in non-dilutive investments in four companies developing breakthrough technologies to decarbonize some of BC’s highest-emitting industrial sectors. The funding will support ShiftX Technologies, Kinitics Automation, CURA, and Hydron Energy–accelerating pilot deployments, de-risking early-stage technologies, and advancing pathways to commercial scale across energy, heavy industry, and resource-based systems.

“Clean technology innovation is essential to strengthening Canada’s industrial and climate competitiveness,” said the Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources. “Projects like these are made-in-Canada solutions to improve efficiency, build stronger supply chains, and create good jobs, while positioning Canada as a clean energy superpower and the strongest economy in the G7.”

BC’s industrial sectors represent some of the province’s largest emissions sources and some of its greatest opportunities for economic and climate impact.

“Reducing emissions and building a thriving economy are not mutually exclusive – by driving industrial decarbonization, you can have it both ways,” said Adrian Dix, Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions. “By funding cutting-edge companies like ShiftX Technologies, Kinitics Automation, CURA, and Hydron Energy, NorthX is not only supporting our government’s methane emission reduction and industrial decarbonization goals but is also making BC more competitive on the world stage.”

NorthX is pleased to support the following companies, each addressing a distinct piece of the decarbonization puzzle:

ShiftX Technologies is developing a cleaner, more compact hydrogen production system that operates at lower temperatures and costs than conventional methods, making it well suited for industrial and marine fuel applications. Its sorbent-based reactor technology is designed to scale, and NorthX is backing a first-of-its-kind pilot to accelerate its path to commercialization.Kinitics Automation is commercializing a zero-emission, drop-in replacement for the methane-venting pneumatic devices widely used in natural gas operations. Its non-venting electric actuator eliminates methane leaks at the source while improving efficiency, reliability, and reducing maintenance demands. The market opportunity is substantial as more than 261,000 of these devices across Canada must be replaced by 2030.CURA is producing zero-carbon lime at commodity-competitive prices through an electrochemical process that captures pure CO₂ for permanent storage. The technology is designed to retrofit directly into existing cement and lime plants, requiring no new supply chains or changes to existing processes, lowering the bar for industry-wide adoption. CURA’s pilot project is progressing toward commercial-scale production, targeting one of the most emissions-intensive sectors in the industrial economy.Hydron Energy is expanding its RNG-based platform into direct air capture, enabling carbon-negative CO₂ removal while recovering rare gases critical to satellite propulsion and other high-value applications. By extracting these gases at ambient conditions, rather than through energy-intensive cryogenic distillation, Hydron delivers a lower-cost, lower-emissions alternative that also reduces Canada’s dependence on geopolitically vulnerable supply chains.

Driving industrial competitiveness through decarbonization

As global demand for low carbon products accelerates, industrial decarbonization is becoming essential to maintaining access to capital, customers, and international markets. Clean technology adoption can also improve operational performance, including enhanced efficiency, reduced fuel consumption, lower waste, and streamlined production processes.

Together, these investments reflect NorthX’s commitment to scaling Canadian climate innovation and accelerating the deployment of practical, high-impact decarbonization solutions across industry.

“Industrial decarbonization is one of the most important and complex opportunities in the global energy transition and we believe BC is uniquely positioned to lead,” said Sarah Goodman, CEO of NorthX. “These companies are developing the kinds of hard tech solutions that can transform how major industries operate, reducing emissions while strengthening economic growth and long-term climate competitiveness.”

Impact at a glance:

$57.6 million in non-dilutive funding deployed$301M million project value supported89 projects supported874 jobs created$621 million in follow-on funding catalyzed

About NorthX:
Founded in 2021 with an initial investment from the BC Government, the Government of Canada, through Natural Resources Canada’s Energy Innovation Program, and Shell Canada, NorthX Climate Tech (NorthX) is a catalyst for climate action, funding the climate hard tech solutions that transform industries and build lasting prosperity.

Rooted in British Columbia but global in vision, we unite visionaries, investors, industry, government, and partners to scale technologies that drive deep decarbonization and economic growth for Canada. Like the “X” on a map, we pinpoint that pivotal moment when potential is immense, but capital is scarce, that place where local strengths become global solutions.

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MEDIA ADVISORY: StarlingX, Infrastructure of Choice for Distributed Cloud and World’s Largest Telecommunications Providers, Available in Version 12.0 Today

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Version 12.0 of StarlingX is here. StarlingX is an open source cloud infrastructure software stack that makes it simple to deploy, distribute and manage both distributed (edge) applications and centralized cloud.

AUSTIN, Texas, April 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ —

What: An OpenInfra Foundation project, StarlingX combines the strengths of successful open source cloud technologies—including OpenStack, Kubernetes, Ceph, and QEMU/KVM—and reconfigures them into a platform for distributed applications of all kinds, accounting for geographic dispersion, low-overhead communication, and the need to manage very large hardware deployments.

Who: StarlingX is widely used in production among large telecom operators around the globe, such as T-Systems, Verizon, Vodafone, KDDI and others. Hardened and stress-tested by telecoms, StarlingX is now a highly performant distributed cloud architecture ideal for demanding use cases such as railway systems, autonomous driving platforms, aerospace communication and flight systems, drones, critical energy infrastructure, industrial automation and more.

Why: The StarlingX platform has been extensively hardened in production environments for years. With each new release, the open source community continues to refine its capabilities, security and operational efficiency to meet evolving industry demands. Learn more about the enhancements in StarlingX 12.0: https://www.starlingx.io/blog/starlingx-release-12/

“StarlingX continues to advance cloud technologies for mission-critical industries. As an ongoing supporter of the project and original contributor to the code base, we are encouraged by its growing commercial adoption within the ecosystem. We look forward to further supporting this momentum with our ongoing collaboration and by delivering expertise with our commercial distribution of StarlingX in Wind River Cloud Platform.” — Paul Miller, CTO, Intelligent Systems, Software and Services, Aptiv

“StarlingX 12.0 represents a significant leap forward in edge scalability and operational efficiency. By refining our core architecture and expanding our support for diverse hardware profiles, we are ensuring that the community has the tools necessary to meet the evolving demands of the next generation of edge infrastructure. It’s a proud day for the project and everyone involved in this milestone.” — Shuquan Huang, StarlingX Technical Steering Committee member

“We are thrilled to witness another StarlingX release and all the results delivered by this amazing community. StarlingX 12.0 brings important new features for authentication and security, OS and Kubernetes updates and OpenStack support to the new version (OpenStack 2025.1 – Epoxy) and new external storage options. The community engagement and the ecosystem are shining and bringing accelerated results. Encora is excited to continue supporting the expansion of StarlingX.” — Thales Elero Cervi, Encora, StarlingX OpenStack project lead, StarlingX Technical Steering Committee member

Where: Download StarlingX 12.0 at https://opendev.org/starlingx

Learn More:

Release blog post: https://www.starlingx.io/blog/starlingx-release-12/Release notes: https://docs.starlingx.io/releasenotes/index.html#release-notesProject documentation: https://docs.starlingx.io/Website: https://www.starlingx.io/

About the OpenInfra Foundation

The OpenInfra Foundation builds communities who write open source infrastructure software that runs in production. With the support of over 110,000 individuals in 187 countries, the OpenInfra Foundation hosts open source projects and communities of practice, including infrastructure for AI, container-native apps, edge computing and datacenter clouds. The OpenInfra Foundation is part of the nonprofit Linux Foundation. Join the OpenInfra movement: www.openinfra.org

Contact: 

Robert Cathey
Cathey Communications for the OpenInfra Foundation
robert@cathey.co 

Allison Price
OpenInfra Foundation
allison@openinfra.org 

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Youth for Neurodiversity Inc. (YND) Unveils Ally App at CA School Health Conf. Apr 27-28, 2026

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Founded by Aashna Parsa, youth-led YND’s innovative gamified Ally in Training™ app, supported by 26 student leaders across nine states, fosters vital neurodiversity allyship and self-advocacy skills.

LOS ANGELES, April 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Youth for Neurodiversity Inc. (YND), a youth-led nonprofit, is showcasing its gamified app Ally in Training™ through an interactive youth-led exhibit at the California School Health & Behavioral Health Conference (April 27–28 at the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City).

Aashna Parsa & team embody the future of authentic, youth-led advocacy with unique perspectives sparking breakthroughs.

The exhibit highlights allyship, strengths-based understanding of neurodiversity, and student mental health, featuring live demos of Ally in Training™ alongside CalHOPE’s youth mental health app Soluna.

Founded by Aashna Parsa, a rising high school student at Stanford Online High School and incoming freshman at The Harker School, YND brings together neurodivergent and neurotypical youth to promote inclusive learning, peer connection, and strengths-based understanding.

Based in San Jose, Parsa’s inspiration to take action emerged from her personal journey navigating neurodiversity within her family and close community, alongside adapting to physical challenges following an injury last summer. She further drew motivation from the 2025 Stanford Neurodiversity Summit and Vanderbilt University’s Neurotech Frontiers conference organized by the Janus Innovation Hub and the Frist Center for Autism & Innovation. Moreover, she developed and submitted a written research input to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ 2026 youth mental health, facilitated by a worldwide consultation of youth leaders and changemakers supported by the United Nations Youth Office.

“Growing up around neurodiversity and navigating my own challenges showed me how isolating differences can feel,” said Parsa. “Rooted in the principle “Nothing About Us Without Us,” I built Ally in Training™ to make learning allyship feel like play. Our participation in this significant conference allows Youth for Neurodiversity Inc. to connect directly with the educators and health professionals who are instrumental in shaping supportive environments for neurodivergent youth. We believe our unique youth-led approach and the innovative Ally in Training™ app are powerful tools for fostering peer connection and driving our mission forward.”

YND is growing rapidly with 26 student leaders and members across nine U.S. states and Africa, with strong representation across California, including Los Altos, San Jose, Saratoga, Palo Alto, Redwood City, Los Altos, San Mateo, and Morgan Hill.

At the conference, Parsa is joined by fellow student leaders Annie Liu and Jisoo Hur from Los Altos High School, and Unaysah Ron and Omar Ron from Ocean Grove Charter, to demonstrate the app and engage with educators and health professionals.

YND is a community member of the United Nations Youth Office’s flagship initiative on Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing and a proud partner of the California School-Based Health Alliance. The organization is also a community member of Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications under Gavin Newsom, reflecting its engagement within California’s youth health and education ecosystem.

YND student leaders also participated in advocacy efforts on April 15, 2026 in Sacramento, supporting California Assembly Bills 2071 (Digital Wellness) and 1669 (Student Mental Health) with co-sponsor of the bills GENup, a California-based nationwide student-led organization dedicated to transforming education policy by amplifying youth voices.

Maxwell Palance, mentor to Aashna Parsa and Co-Chair of the Stanford Network for K-12 Neurodiversity Education & Advocacy (NNEA), 2026 Davos Neurodiversity Summit Leadership Wall Honoree, and NASA Neurodiversity N3 Network Research Intern and Scholar, said:

“Aashna Parsa and the Youth for Neurodiversity team embody the future of authentic, youth-led neurodiversity advocacy. Neurodiverse minds bring unique perspectives and ways of thinking that challenge assumptions and spark breakthroughs. By creating spaces where different ways of thinking are supported, we expand what’s possible for everyone. Their gamified Ally in Training™ app is an innovative tool designed to bring neurodivergent and neurotypical teens together to build allyship and self-advocacy skills. I’m excited to see them sharing this work at the California School Health & Behavioral Health Conference.”

About Youth for Neurodiversity Inc.

Youth for Neurodiversity Inc. is a California-based, international youth-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit that breaks barriers for neurodivergent and differently-abled youth by celebrating differences, championing strengths, and mobilizing allies. The organization brings together neurodivergent and neurotypical teens worldwide to build connections, reduce stigma, and promote universal design, assistive technology, sensory-friendly spaces, and youth-centered policy. Learn more at youthfornd.org.

Website: youthfornd.org Instagram: @youthfornd

 

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