en.Wedoany.com Reported - On August 2, South Africa's Minister of Electricity and Energy, Mr. Ramokgopa, who was in China to attend the South Africa-China Energy Infrastructure Investment Conference, led a delegation to visit China Energy Engineering Group International. The company's Party Secretary and Chairman Qiao Xubin held talks with Ramokgopa, with both sides engaging in in-depth exchanges on deepening practical cooperation in multiple fields and supporting South Africa's energy transition. South Africa's Ambassador to China, Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba, and Premier of the Eastern Cape Province, Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane, attended the meeting.

During the meeting, China Energy Engineering Group's Electric Power Planning & Engineering Institute, Northwest Electric Power Design Institute, Hydrogen Energy Company, and Digital Technology Group delivered special presentations on topics including strategic planning cooperation, new power supply system solutions, global hydrogen energy innovation technologies, and energy storage supporting the construction of new-type power systems.

Ramokgopa fully acknowledged the professional technical support and practical assistance that China Energy Engineering Group has provided for South Africa's energy transition. He stated that the China-South Africa relationship has entered a new era of comprehensive strategic partnership, and that energy transition presents an important opportunity to deepen bilateral friendly cooperation and benefit people's livelihoods. Currently, South Africa is fully committed to advancing the transformation of its power system, continuously promoting power market reforms, actively exploring diversified investment and financing models, and striving to cultivate local industrial chains through energy transition, develop new energy industries with international competitiveness, and achieve sustainable development. China Energy Engineering Group has been deeply engaged in South Africa for many years, with extensive experience and advanced technology, making it a trustworthy partner. He welcomed China Energy Engineering Group to fully leverage its professional strengths, actively participate in investment and construction across multiple sectors including energy and electricity in South Africa, deepen cooperation with relevant parties, further broaden the dimensions and elevate the levels of cooperation, and jointly promote the effective implementation of South Africa's energy transition, helping the country achieve its green and low-carbon development goals.

Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba stated that China and South Africa have entered a new stage of comprehensive strategic partnership in the new era, with energy cooperation being a core highlight of bilateral practical cooperation. China Energy Engineering Group has accurately identified the pain points and difficulties in South Africa's energy transition, tailored highly adaptable energy development solutions, and demonstrated formidable technical expertise and practical advantages in areas such as energy storage, hydrogen energy, and new energy. The Embassy will continue to build an efficient communication and coordination bridge to promote deeper and more substantive cooperation between China and South Africa in the energy and electricity sectors.

Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane stated that, as a key region for South Africa's energy transition, the Eastern Cape Province boasts abundant renewable energy resources such as wind and solar power, offering broad prospects for future cooperation with China Energy Engineering Group. Energy transition is not only an important measure for ensuring electricity supply, but also a critical pathway for driving local industrial development and revitalizing regional economic vitality. He hoped that both sides would leverage their respective advantages to deepen cooperation in new energy development, technology sharing, and industrial integration, promote high-quality local economic development through green energy cooperation, and achieve multiple wins in technology empowerment, industrial co-construction, and improved people's livelihoods.

Qiao Xubin stated that, as a national-level energy planning think tank and a first-class general engineering contractor, infrastructure investor, and technological innovation leader, China Energy Engineering Group possesses integrated advantages across the entire industrial chain, with deep technical strength and engineering experience in ultra-high-voltage transmission, renewable energy, energy storage, and green low-carbon technologies. South Africa is a core strategic market and key investment destination in China Energy Engineering Group's global layout. China Energy Engineering Group has been deeply cultivating the South African energy and electricity market for many years, continuously deepening cooperation in multiple fields with the Ministry of Electricity and Energy, Eskom, and the National Transmission Company South Africa, establishing a solid foundation of mutual trust and delivering multiple tangible cooperation outcomes. China Energy Engineering Group is willing to, based on South Africa's development needs, integrate high-quality resources, increase investment and construction in new energy, actively promote new-type power system solutions, deepen top-level planning and design cooperation, establish a long-term technology sharing mechanism, and fully participate in South Africa's energy transition and power construction, creating a new chapter of cooperation between both sides.

Attendees of the meeting also included Venus Blennies-Magage, Member of the Executive Council of the Northern Cape Province of South Africa; Tshokolo Petrus Nchocho, Board Member of Eskom; Dan Marokane, Chief Executive Officer of Eskom; Monde Bala, Chief Executive Officer of the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA); and relevant officials from the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC), the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), the South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI), the National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute (NRWDI), the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA), the South African Independent Power Producer Office, and the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC). Also present were Wang Yiming, Vice President of China Energy Engineering Group International; Zhang Heng, Vice President; Ma Yingying, Vice President of China Energy International Investment Co., Ltd.; Shen Chen, Executive General Manager of the Southeast and East Africa Regional Headquarters; Li Lan, Deputy Chief Engineer of the Electric Power Planning & Engineering Institute; and relevant personnel from the Northwest Electric Power Design Institute, the Hydrogen Energy Company, and the Digital Technology Group.