Xi's special envoy attends inauguration of Ghanaian president

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Xi's special envoy attends inauguration of Ghanaian president

2025-01-09 06:36 Last Updated At：15:57

Chinese President Xi Jinping's special envoy Hao Mingjin on Tuesday attended the inauguration of Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama in Accra, the capital of Ghana.

After the inauguration, Mahama met with Hao, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, on bilateral ties.

During the meeting, Hao conveyed Xi's warm congratulations and best wishes to Mahama. He said that China deeply values its traditional friendship with Ghana and remains committed to fostering China-Ghana relations from a strategic and long-term perspective.

This year marks the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. China is ready to take this opportunity to enhance communication with Ghana within the frameworks of the Belt and Road Initiative and the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, aiming to elevate the China-Ghana strategic partnership to new heights, Hao said.

Mahama asked the Chinese envoy to convey his greetings and respect to Xi and extended his sincere gratitude to the Chinese president for dispatching a special envoy to attend his inauguration. He highly praised the achievements in Ghana-China relations and reaffirmed his government's commitment to strengthening pragmatic cooperation with China in various fields to further advance bilateral ties.

China's largest clean energy corridor sees 7 pct power growth in 2024

2025-01-09 15:10 Last Updated At：15:37

The world's largest clean energy corridor, consisting of six mega hydropower stations on the majestic Yangtze River, achieved a more than 7 percent increase in power generation in 2024, bolstering China's green energy transition, according to China Three Gorges Corporation on Thursday.

The six hydropower stations - Wudongde, Baihetan, Xiluodu, Xiangjiaba, Three Gorges Dam, and Gezhouba Dam, all run by the corporation, facilitate the transmission of electricity from the resource-rich west to the energy-demanding eastern areas.

Four of them - Wudongde, Baihetan, Xiluodu, and Xiangjiaba - are located on the Jinsha River, the upper section of the Yangtze River, while the other two - Three Gorges Dam and Gezhouba Dam - are on the middle section of the Yangtze.

In 2024, these hydropower plants generated a total of about 295.9 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), a 7.11 percent increase from the previous year. This saved the equivalent of 89.24 million tons of standard coal and reduced CO2 emissions by 240 million tons.

Stretching 1,800 kilometers, the corridor has a vertical drop of over 900 meters and a total installed capacity of around 71.7 gigawatts, equivalent to that of three Three Gorges dams, the world's largest hydropower project.

The optimized navigational conditions in the reservoirs have also significantly boosted the economic value of the Yangtze River as the golden waterway, with throughput at the Three Gorges dam reaching 159 million tons in 2024.