State Grid Corporation: The middle section of the West-East Gas Pipeline, from Zhongwei to Zaoyang, is fully operational and in production.

On September 26, the National Gas Grid Group announced that the middle section of the West-East Gas Pipeline III, a key project in the "14th Five-Year Plan" for oil and natural gas development, from Zhongwei to Zaoyang, officially started operating. It will be connected to the West-East Gas Pipeline system, effectively promoting the natural gas market to the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta, Bohai Rim, and Sichuan and Chongqing regions. This is of great significance in optimizing China's energy transmission structure and promoting regional economic development.