Premier Li Qiang met with Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene in Shanghai on Tuesday.
The Mongolian prime minister is in the Chinese city to attend the seventh China International Import Expo (CIIE) that opened on the same day.
Li noted that last month, President Xi Jinping and Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh exchanged congratulatory messages celebrating the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relationship between China and Mongolia, with both leaders agreeing to continue working together to promote steady and long-term development of bilateral relations.
China is willing to work with Mongolia to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, under the guidance of the building of a China-Mongolia community with a shared future, carry forward the traditional friendship, consolidate political mutual trust, and deepen practical cooperation in trade and investment, border connectivity, high technology and other fields, so as to continuously improve the well-being of the people of both countries, said Li. Oyun-Erdene noted that this year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relationship between Mongolia and China. Mongolia looks forward to deepening mutually beneficial cooperation with China in areas of economics and trade, ports and infrastructure, while exploring new growth points of cooperation and enhancing cultural exchanges, he said.
After the meeting, the two leaders attended a ceremony displaying the two countries' cooperation documents in green development, infrastructure, and other areas.
Premier Li meets Mongolian PM in Shanghai
China Energy's 3 Million Kilowatt Photovoltaic Base, located in Ordos, north China's Inner Mongolia, was successfully connected to the grid on Tuesday, marking the commencement of operation for China's largest solar power facility built on a coal mining subsidence zone.
With a total installed capacity of 3 million kilowatts, the project involved the installation of approximately 5.9 million photovoltaic panels, spanning over 70 million square meters, an area equivalent to 10,000 standard football fields.
This ambitious project has contributed to China's efforts to rehabilitate degraded land and is also a key part of the country's broader energy strategy, contributing to the west-to-east power transmission system that aims to transport electricity from the western regions to the eastern, industrialized parts of the country.
"The project generates 5.7 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, enough to power 2 million households for a year. It saves 1.71 million tons of standard coal and reduces carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 4.7 million tons annually," said Dong Weidong, head of the China Energy Inner Mongolia Company.
Yang Yingxin, governor of Otog Front Banner, Inner Mongolia, expressed pride in the construction team's efficiency.
"The construction team completed the 20-month photovoltaic project in just 14 months, achieving full-capacity grid connection. The electricity generated is transmitted through a 1,238-kilometer transmission line, delivering clean energy to Linyi, Shandong. The Blue Ocean Photovoltaic Power Station has also become the largest single-grid-connected new energy project in Inner Mongolia," Yang said.
China starts operation of solar plant built on subsided coal mine
