On July 23, 2021, Zhang Ping, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Beijing Energy International Holdings Co., Ltd., and his colleagues went to Yunnan to visit Jiang Yong, Standing Member of the Party Committee, Director of United Front Work Department, and Deputy Secretary of the CPPCC Party Group of Lijiang City. The two sides held talks on clean energy industry investment and cooperation in photovoltaic power station projects (for poverty alleviation). Zhang Ping was accompanied by Chairman Zhao Jinling of the Beijing Red Cross Foundation, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee Liu Guoxi, Vice President Jia Geng, Investment Director Zhao Li, Administration and Human Resources Director Jin Xin, and Southwest Regional Company General Manager Lei Muchuan of Beijing Energy International. The meeting was also attended by Pei Feng, Member of the Party Group of the Government of Lijiang City, Zhou Jianbo, Director of the Development and Reform Commission, Li Jianguo, Director of the Education and Sports Bureau, Yu Donghua, Director of the Investment Promotion Bureau, and Li Weiying, Executive Vice President of the Red Cross of Lijiang City.

On behalf of the Party Committee of Lijiang City, Jiang Yong welcomed Zhang Ping and his colleagues, and introduced Lijiang’s investment and business environment, energy resources development, and the efforts towards the goal of emission peak and carbon neutrality. He pointed out that Lijiang seizes the important opportunity as Yunnan builds a “green energy brand”, relying on rich energy resources and continuously improving its energy structure. He expressed his hope that the meeting could help accelerate the implementation of Beijing Energy International’s clean energy projects, focusing on creating high-quality products, and contributing to all-round cooperation influencing Lijiang.

Zhang Ping introduced the development plan and main business of Beijing Energy International, and said that the company, as a state-owned enterprise for market mechanism pilot reform, is currently embarking on rapid and high-quality development. Taking into account the characteristics of local resources, it is willing to actively participate in Lijiang’s clean energy industry investment and construction, vigorously expand photovoltaic and wind power projects, and actively explore project development opportunities such as pumped storage. In the next step, communication and coordination will be enhanced. He expressed his hope that project investment will be taken as a medium to actively promote the development of the local economy, coordinate the establishment of an effective assistance and support mechanism, and contribute to the realization of the goal of emission peak and carbon neutrality.