---On 16 November, accompanied by Ms.
Dai Aiping, Division Chief, Department of Foreign Affairs
of Zhejiang Province, the 10-member delegation from Chile
headed by Ms. Felisa Ojeda V., Governor of Ays¨¦n Province,
paid a visit to HRC. The Director of HRC Ms. Cheng Xialei,
the Deputy Directors Mr. Xu Jincai and Mr. Huang Jianping
delivered a warm welcome to the guests in the hall.
During the friendly bilateral meeting,
Director Cheng and Governor Felisa addressed respectively.
Director Cheng said:"HRC is a
national research institute specializing in small hydropower
and we also serve as a world-wide window for international
small hydropower cooperation. Small hydropower is a renewable
energy which has been universally recognized by the international
society and embraces the obvious advantages of rich resources,
proven technology, economic cost, flexible electric dispatching
and high energy return rate. The SHP development in orderly
manner and its sustainable utilization have played a very
important role in reducing the greenhouse gases emission,
protecting the forest and the vegetation, improving production
and living conditions for rural population and contributing
considerably to the rural economic and social development
ˇˇ As we know, Chile is a beautiful country with comparatively
large potential of hydropower development. Since Chinese
small hydropower has its unique characteristics in terms
of development and utilization, our center HRC would like
to make contribution to the promotion of hydropower development
in Chile. We hope that your honored visiting can deepen
the mutual understanding and promote the bilateral cooperation
in the field of small hydropower".
According to the speech of Governor
Felisa, Chile is rich in water resources and the government
also attaches an importance to hydropower development.
In Ays¨¦n Province, there are many rivers and lakes; however,
due to lack of the experience concerned, they hope to
be informed of the achievements and experience of hydropower
development in China.
The delegation members took great interests
in listening "HRC Briefing" and "SHP Development
in China", and asked questions respectively. An in-depth
discussion was held and the guests from Chile suggested
that a MOU would be signed with HRC and the concrete cooperative
projects were expected to be carried out in near future.
After the meeting, on behalf of HRC,
Director Cheng presented the souvenirs to the delegation,
and a group photo was taken to mark the productive visit.
(2012-12-20)
