Poly brings light to more places

Beijing-headquartered conglomerate China Poly Group Corp is planning to provide more remote and rural areas in Africa with clean and affordable solar power and quality-verified off-grid lighting and energy products.

The company will look to tap rural and remote areas in Africa, including Uganda and Tanzania, to provide alternative lighting and energy sources for the off-grid population, Zhang Zhengao, president of China Poly Group, said during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing.

Based on the company's overseas engineering projects, Poly said it would also donate a batch of schools, portable houses, solar water pumping systems as well as materials including books, medicines and sports equipment to local residents in the future, to further improve the living standards in these remote areas, he said.