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China cracks the code for manufacturing high-performance carbon fiber


Xinhua | Updated: 2026-01-15 10:47 TAIYUAN -- In North China's Shanxi, a province rich in coal, the black rock once simply burned for energy is now reborn through advanced science and technology as slender yet remarkably strong carbon fiber that becomes vital parts of rockets and spacecraft soaring into space. A high-performance carbon fiber project has recently come on stream in the province's Datong city, marking China's first domestic large-scale production of T1000-grade carbon fiber and signaling a decisive breakthrough in the country's ability to mass-produce this highest-tier material.

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