at the signing ceremony
zhu yongpeng delivers a speech
wu guihui delivers a speech
liu nanchang delivers a speech
xie changjun delivers a speech
david mulroney delivers a speech
on july 13, longyuan canada renewables ltd., a branch unit of the china longyuan power group corporation limited, signed a share purchase agreement with canada’s farm owned power (melancthon) ltd. in beijing. this marks china longyuan’s first foray into the global wind power market, thus making it the first state-owned power company in china that invests in the new energy sector outside the country. those who attended the signing ceremony mainly include zhu yongpeng, general manager and deputy secretary of the leading party group of the china guodian corporation, qiao baoping, vice-general manager of china guodian and secretary of its leading party group, mi shuhua, vice-general manager of china guodian and member of its leading party group; wu guihui, chief engineer of the national energy administration, liu nanchang, director of the bureau of general affairs under the state-owned assets supervision and administration commission of the state council (sasac); xie changjun, general manager of the china longyuan power group corporation limited, jia nansong, secretary of the board of directors of china longyuan, zhang baoquan, vice-general manager of china longyuan; david mulroney, canada’s ambassador to china, duane mcmullen, minister (commercial), embassy of canada to china and john kidd, chairman of canada’s farm owned power (melancthon) ltd.. of them, zhu yongpeng, wu guihui, liu nanchang, xie changjun and david mulroney gave their speeches respectively. jia nansong presided over the signing ceremony.
canada is a country rich in wind energy resources. it has a good new energy industrial base and excellent supportive policies. these help to create an ideal investment and operation environment for wind farm. the wind power project purchased by china longyuan has an installed capacity of 100 mw. located in ontario, a place abundant in wind power resources, the project will be able to supply electric power for local 30,000 households when completed.
zhu yongpeng said in his speech that, this wind power project is the first new energy project that china guodian group invested overseas. it is a milestone in the course that china longyuan works hard to promote its ambitious “going out” strategy. zhu hoped that china longyuan can open up new areas for development and make new contributions to the growth of guodian corporation after entering into the canadian wind power market. he also added that china longyuan should do a good job in developing new energy resources for china and strive for new great achievements.
xie changjun noted in his speech that guided by the decision and deployment of the china guodian corporation, china longyuan has made positive efforts in implementing the “going out” strategy and exploring the overseas new energy market. at present, china longyuan has built preparatory offices for developing overseas projects in the countries like south africa, the united states, canada and hungary. significant breakthrough has been made in the wind power projects in south africa and canada. xie said that china longyuan will try its utmost to do well in constructing and operating the overseas projects and show the world the strength and development level of the chinese new energy enterprise.
canada’s ambassador to china, david mulroney, said that canada received so many investments from china in the past three years, in particular, the investment in the energy sector. as an eco-friendly society, canada and its ontario will continue to welcome the chinese investors.
john kidd, the head of farm owned power (melancthon) ltd., mentioned that this hard-won collaboration is a result of joint efforts of both sides. he hoped that it will be a successful international project and at the same time, it can become a long-term one in future.
relevant officials from the sasac, national energy administration, china guodian corporation, china longyuan, and the canada embassy to china and local government of toronto also attended the signing ceremony.