On January 28, 2022, China State Construction Engineering Corporation and China Southern Power Grid Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement in the form of a video. Zhang Zhaoxiang, deputy secretary, general manager and director of the Party Group of China Construction Group, held talks with Wang Hongzhi, director, general manager and deputy secretary of the Party group of China Southern Power Grid Corporation, and witnessed the signing. The two parties focused on smart energy use and smart city, power infrastructure construction, overseas market development, etc. Have an in-depth exchange. Ma Zeping, member of the party group and deputy general manager of China Construction Group, Chen Yunpeng, member of the party group and deputy general manager of China Southern Power Grid Corporation, and Shi Zhiping, chairman of the board of supervisors and chief information officer of China Construction Corporation attended the talks and signed the contract. Wang Hong, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of CSCEC, and Jiang Li, Marketing Director, participated in the talks and signed the contract at the China Southern Power Grid video venue.

Zhang Zhaoxiang expressed his gratitude to China Southern Power Grid for its long-term strong support to China Construction Group. He pointed out that China Southern Power Grid is a super-large state-owned key enterprise that is related to national security and the lifeline of the national economy. For a long time, China Construction Group and China Southern Power Grid have always maintained a good cooperative relationship, and have jointly developed a number of major projects in the fields of power infrastructure construction. At present, CSCEC has thoroughly implemented the new development concept, served the realization of the national "dual carbon" goal, and made every effort to promote the green and low-carbon transformation of the construction field. It has strong strategic complementarity with China Southern Power Grid and broad prospects for cooperation. It is hoped that the two parties will take this strategic cooperation agreement as an opportunity to further strengthen high-level interactions, deepen docking exchanges, and carry out pragmatic cooperation in electric vehicle charging services, smart energy use and smart cities, major project construction, overseas market development and other fields. On the road of first-class enterprises, we will go hand in hand and create brilliance together.

Wang Hongzhi said that in recent years, China Southern Power Grid Corporation has actively practiced the corporate tenet of "people's electricity for the people", actively served major national strategies, strived to create a source of innovation, comprehensively built a modern power supply service system, and made every effort to promote the construction and digitalization of new power systems. The construction of the power grid has achieved the first-stage strategic goal of building a world-class enterprise as scheduled. China Southern Power Grid and China Construction Group have a good foundation for cooperation and a high degree of complementarity in the fields of information infrastructure and integrated infrastructure construction. It is hoped that the two sides will deepen cooperation and achieve win-win development in the process of jointly serving major national strategies and building a world-class enterprise.

After the talks, Ma Zeping and Chen Yunpeng signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China Southern Power Grid on behalf of China Construction Group.

Relevant persons in charge of China Southern Power Grid Corporation Office, Planning Department, Infrastructure Department, Emerging Business Department, Peak and Frequency Regulation Company, Industrial Investment Group, and China Southern Power Grid Corporation; China Construction Group Office, Corporate Planning and Management Department, Investment Department, and Market Management Department, Headquarters of China State Construction (Guangzhou), China Construction Foundation and China Construction Fourth Engineering Bureau attended the signing ceremony and talks.Editor/Ma Xue