During President Xi Jinping's visit to Europe, he pushed China's nuclear power to "go global" for two consecutive days. After meeting with British Prime Minister Cameron and proposing to build a "flagship project" with strong demonstration in nuclear power and other fields, on the afternoon of the 26th local time in Paris, France, under the joint witness of Xi Jinping and French President Francois Hollande, the two sides signed an agreement on Industrial Partnership Agreement for New Nuclear Power Projects in the UK. The move opens a new model of Sino-French cooperation and is the first time to jointly develop a nuclear power project in a third country.
"Nuclear" moved before "High Speed Rail"
During the Netherlands Nuclear Security Summit, on the 25th local time, President Xi Jinping met with British Prime Minister David Cameron in the Netherlands. Xi Jinping said that the two sides should build exemplary "flagship projects" in the fields of nuclear power, high-speed rail, high technology and finance, deepen exchanges and cooperation in education, science and technology, and media, and facilitate personnel exchanges.
Some energy experts said that this time Xi Jinping put "nuclear power" before "high-speed rail", which shows that he attaches great importance to nuclear power projects. When leaders talked about these two projects before, most of them put "high-speed rail" in the front.
Previously, Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council promoted China's nuclear power many times during his state visit at the end of last year, and the "going out" of nuclear power has become a national strategy. In this year's government work report, promoting nuclear power and other technical equipment to go abroad was written for the first time; at the same time, as many as 11 CPPCC members jointly put forward a proposal on nuclear power "going out".
The CPPCC proposal titled "Accelerate the promotion of "Hualong No. 1" to go global and realize the "powerful country dream" of nuclear power as soon as possible" was initiated by He Yu, chairman of China General Nuclear Power Group Co., Ltd., and jointly signed by 10 other members of the CPPCC National Committee. The 10 members are: Zhu Zhixin, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, Jin Yang, deputy director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, Wang Shoujun, general manager of China National Nuclear Corporation, Wang Ji, chairman of Dongfang Electric Group, Yi Jun, chairman of China State Construction Engineering Corporation, and China National Nuclear Corporation. Liu Wei, general manager of the engineering company, Wan Gang, president of China Institute of Atomic Energy, Luo Qi, president of China Nuclear Power Research Institute, Wang Xiaokang, chairman of China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group, and Deng Wei, chairman of BOCO Group Co., Ltd., etc.
Sino-French new nuclear power project in UK for the first time
Just one day later, on March 26, local time, under the witness of Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Hollande, He Yu, Chairman of China General Nuclear Power Corporation, and Puglio, President of EDF, signed the agreement in Paris, France. The industrial cooperation agreement on new nuclear power projects in the UK and the cooperation agreement on research and development, design, procurement and operation and maintenance in the field of nuclear energy.
According to the signed agreement, CGNPC will participate in the development and construction of EDF's proposed new nuclear power project in the UK through equity participation. The two parties will strengthen cooperation in the field of nuclear power technology research and development, strengthen cooperation in nuclear power engineering project design and equipment procurement, and strengthen cooperation in operation and maintenance of nuclear power plants in operation under the implementation agreement of the global partnership agreement and the memorandum of understanding signed in the early stage, so as to further improve the nuclear power of both parties. Capabilities and performance in engineering and power plant design, construction, procurement, and operations management.
It is reported that the agreement signed this time fully reflects the consensus reached by the Chinese and French governments in 2013 to deepen cooperation and strengthen technological innovation cooperation in the direction of jointly developing the nuclear power market of a third country, marking that China-France nuclear energy cooperation has entered a new stage. .
CGNPC undertakes the construction of nearly 1/4 of new nuclear power units in the world
Starting from Daya Bay, Sino-French nuclear power cooperation has gone through three stages from "French-based, China-assisted" to "Chinese-based, with French support", and then to "co-design and co-construction". "During this period, Chinese and French companies have moved from a 'mentor-apprentice relationship' to an equal 'strategic cooperation'," said He Yu, chairman of China General Nuclear Power Corporation. The cooperation between CGNPC and EDF began with the construction of the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant more than 30 years ago. At present, the first phase of Taishan Nuclear Power Plant, jointly invested by both parties, is the largest cooperation project in the energy field between the two countries. CGN is currently the world's largest nuclear power builder and China's largest nuclear power operator. As of March 26, 2014, CGN owns 9.41 million kilowatts of nuclear power installed capacity in operation, accounting for 59% of China's total installed nuclear power capacity in operation; it has undertaken the construction of 15 nuclear power units with a total installed capacity of 17.72 million kilowatts, accounting for about 59% of the global nuclear power under construction. 23% of the size.
According to reports, CGNPC currently undertakes the construction of nearly a quarter of the world's new nuclear power units, and has established a nuclear power industry chain with efficient operation and reliable quality. , China First Heavy Industries, Shanghai Electric and other 74 equipment manufacturing enterprises and thousands of suppliers at all levels have established solid cooperation.
