On September 17th, news emerged that the Management Committee of the Ya'an Economic and Technological Development Zone has recently issued the inaugural public announcement regarding the environmental impact assessment (EIA) information for CATL's lithium salt production base project in Ya'an. The project, with a planned total investment of RMB 1.4 billion, is anticipated to yield approximately 40,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate, 30,000 tonnes of lithium dihydrogen phosphate, and 130,000 tonnes of mirabilite on an annual basis. At present, this announcement solely marks the preliminary disclosure of EIA information, and the project remains in the nascent stages of publicizing detailed EIA particulars. Details such as the construction schedule, funding channels, raw material procurement, and the projected operational start date have not been divulged. Furthermore, it does not signify that the project has secured EIA approval or that construction has officially commenced. When approached by a reporter this afternoon, the project construction entity refrained from disclosing specific information.