On March 26, a symposium on central enterprises’ support for Hubei’s high-quality development and joint implementation of major regional strategies was held in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province. CECEP Chairman Song Xin was invited to attend and delivered a keynote speech entitled “Helping Hubei’s High-Quality Development and Writing a New Chapter of Central-Local Cooperation.”

As a flagship company in China’s energy conservation and environmental protection sector, CECEP has played an active part in the construction of the Belt and Road projects and made steady progress in “going global.” At present, the company has set up 64 branches and carried out more than 190 projects in 54 foreign countries. The projects cover many fields including electricity, heat, gas, water production and supply, manufacturing and mining, construction, public facilities management, transportation, warehousing and postal industry, employing more than 10,000 workers.

During the 13rd Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020), CECEP actively fulfilled its responsibility in facilitating energy conservation and emission reduction, encouraging technological innovation and promoting green development. Taking advantage of the whole-industry chain, the company played an important role in winning the battle against pollution and actively responded to the country’s major strategies, increasing its significance in pushing forward ecological progress.

Now that China has eradicated poverty, rural revitalization becomes a major task for economic and social development during the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) period. With regards to achieving smooth transition from poverty alleviation to rural revitalization, Song Xin, a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference National Committee and chairman of China Energy Conservatio