Fuqing pilot unit complete by 2020

China National Nuclear Corp, one of the country's three State-owned nuclear power developers, said on Wednesday that the pilot unit of the planned Fuqing nuclear power plant will be completed by July 2020.

The construction will start on Thursday on what will be the fifth unit of the Fuqing project in Fujian province, using the Hualong One reactor, the first domestically developed third-generation nuclear reactor design, officials revealed in Beijing.

The State Council approved the construction of the pilot unit at Fuqing on April 15.