China's high-altitude hydropower station unit enters final assembly stage

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China's high-altitude hydropower station unit enters final assembly stage

2024-10-27 13:47 Last Updated At：14:07

The first unit of China's Maerdang Hydropower Station, the highest-altitude facility of its kind with the largest installed capacity in the Yellow River basin, saw the successful hoisting of its generator rotor into position, paving the way for the entire station to be operational by the end of the year.

The giant rotor, with a total weight of 270 tons, is the core component of the water-turbine generator set. The rotor hoisting, demanding precision and skill, took 40 minutes to complete and is a key step in the unit's installation.

Located at an average altitude of 3,300 meters in northwest China's Qinghai Province, the Maerdang Hydropower Station has a total installed capacity of 2.32 million kilowatts and five hydropower generating units, which makes it a major power provider in the "west-to-east power transmission" project.

With all units put into use in December, the station is expected to generate an average of 7.3 billion kWh of electricity annually, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by about 8.16 million tons each year.

The construction marks a milestone in Qinghai's new energy development and will facilitate the establishment of more clean energy bases in the upper reaches of the Yellow River.

Chinese official encourages U.S. financial institutions to deepen cooperation with China

2024-12-05 06:03 Last Updated At：07:17

China welcomes more U.S. financial institutions and long-term capital to continue deepening mutually beneficial cooperation with China, Vice Premier He Lifeng said in his meeting with John Waldron, president and chief operating officer of Goldman Sachs Group, in Beijing on Wednesday.

He, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said China is fully implementing the guiding principles of the 20th CPC Central Committee's third plenary session, steadily advancing major measures to deepen comprehensive reform, and continuously expanding opening-up at a high level.

China welcomes more U.S. financial institutions and long-term capital, including Goldman Sachs Group, to continue deepening mutually beneficial cooperation with China, and to play a greater role in promoting the healthy development of China-U.S. relations, He said.

The Goldman Sachs Group is full of confidence in China's economy and future development, and is willing to continue expanding cooperation with China and making contributions to promoting U.S.-China economic and trade cooperation, Waldron said.