Deepening energy cooperation is of vast importance

It is vital to deepen regional energy cooperation and build an energy community with a shared future in the Asia-Pacific region, a region that is going through fast economic growth, massive energy demand and strong complementarily, said Xin Bao'an, president of State Grid.

The Asia-Pacific region should further strengthen cooperation on energy facility connectivity, promote synergy between energy plans and policies and expand cross-border power grids, to promote the internationalization of energy and electricity production, distribution and trade, said Xin, who is also the president of Association of the Electricity Supply Industry of East Asia and the Western Pacific (AESIEAP).

He made the remark during the global conference to promote the low-carbon energy transition in the Asia-Pacific region which kicked off on Wednesday in Haikou, South China's Hainan province.

Organized by the AESIEAP and the China Electricity Council, the conference focuses on discussing ways to ensure a sustained power supply through a clean and low-carbon energy transition, it said.

According to Xin, Chinese power enterprises have strengthened power networking with neighboring countries during the past decades and has come up with more than ten cross-country transmission lines, which has effectively promoted the optimal allocation of energy and resources on a large scale.

Chinese power companies should continue improving the cooperation mechanism to provide strong support for international energy cooperation, he said.

China will accelerate renewable energy development, coordinate hydropower development and ecological protection, and develop nuclear power actively and safely, said Yu Bing, deputy head of the National Energy Administration, during the conference.

zhengxin@chinadaily.com.cn