The global energy transition is accelerating, and the renewable energy industry is booming. The first China-Central Asia Summit opened in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province on May 18, 2023. All the heads of state from the five Central Asian countries who came to China to attend the summit have arrived. Central Asia is the place where the Belt and Road initiative was initiated, and it is an important part of the land Silk Road. This summit is a milestone and will open a new chapter in China-Central Asia relations.

On May 18, Chen Xiaohua, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of Energy China, paid a visit to President Zaparov of Kyrgyzstan, who came to China to attend the China-Central Asia Summit and paid a state visit, in Xi'an, and jointly witnessed the signing of the agreement between Energy China and the Ministry of Energy of Kyrgyzstan. Memorandum of Cooperation.

Zaparov fully affirmed CEEC's professional capabilities in the fields of energy, power and infrastructure investment and construction. He said that Kyrgyzstan is rich in water resources and has a broad space for development. Energy China is a global leader in hydropower. The Kyrgyz government is willing to carry out in-depth cooperation with Energy China in key fields such as hydropower, accelerate the optimization of Kyrgyzstan's energy structure, and jointly improve the level of Kyrgyzstan's infrastructure construction to benefit the local people.

Chen Xiaohua said that Kyrgyzstan is a key overseas country market of CEEC. Energy China will give full play to its advantages in the entire industrial chain, cooperate with Kyrgyzstan in various fields such as hydropower, new energy, and power grid planning, and provide one-stop solutions for Kyrgyzstan's energy structure optimization and infrastructure construction, and promote Kyrgyzstan's social economy develop. Editor/Xu Shengpeng