25 August, 2018

 Union Minister, H.E. U Win Khaing and his entourage arrived at the Yunnan Power Grid Company Limited’s control center in Yunnan Province to observe the production, transmission and distribution of electricity. The Union Minister was first welcomed by China Southern Power Grid Co. Ltd Vice President Mr. Bi Ya Xiong and was then given a tour of the control center by officials.

Yunnan Province produces 87,000 MW which it gets 72 percent from hydropower electric generation, 16 percent from heat, 9 percent from wind power and 3 percent from solar power. Yunnan Province itself uses 40,000 MW and distributes the rest to other provinces. Yunnan Province plays a central role for China in trading electric power to other countries in the Greater Mekong Sub region and also directly trades electric power with Laos and Viet Nam. They discussed about potential electric power trade to be co-operated with Myanmar.

Afterwards, the Union Minister and his entourage received officials from China Datang Overseas Investment Company Limited, and discussed on current cooperating projects.

The Union Minister arrived in Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower Inc. in the afternoon and observed information about hydropower electric projects completed by Huaneng Group, followed by a discussion on bilateral cooperation. The Union Minister also met with officials from the Yunnan Provincial Energy Investment Group Company Limited and UREC Company and discussed about ongoing projects between the two countries.

Next, the Union Minister met with the Deputy Governor of Yunnan Province, Mr.Zhang Gouhua and government officials at the HaiGeng Guesthouse in Kunming City. They discussed about the electric power sector in Yunnan Province.