---From May 9th to 11th, 2017, Dr. Xu Jincai, Director General of HRC, and Mr. Lin Ning, Division Chief of Foreign Affairs and Training of HRC, attended the 6th World Hydropower Congress related to the topics about hydropower development, long-distance transmission, grid interconnection and storage of renewable energies etc. in Africa.
Africa is rich in clean energy, and the potential of hydropower, solar and wind energy respectively accounts for 12%, 40% and 30% of the global. However, the development rate in Africa is low, and over 600 million people still have no access to electricity. With joint efforts of International Hydropower Association, Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization, African Union Commission, U.N. Economic Commission for Africa, World Bank etc., the 6th World Hydropower Congress was held in Africa for the first time. Present at the congress were participants from governments, research institutes, universities, commercial & financial sectors and non-governmental organizations. The congress was aimed to promote hydropower development, combat climate change, and make a blueprint for the development and operation of hydropower in the ten years to come. Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, Mabdalla Hamdok, Executive Secretary of U.N. Economic Commission for Africa, Rachel Kyte, CEO of UN "Sustainable Energy For All" organization, Ken Adams, president of International Hydropower Association were all present at the opening.
The delegation headed by Dr. Xu Jincai, Director General of HRC, paid a visit to Dr. Ing Seleshi Bekeie, Ethiopian Minister of Water, Irrigation and Electricity, Mr. Chen Ning, Counselor of the Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the African Union, and Ms. Liu Yu, the Economic and Commercial Counselor of Chinese Embassy to Ethiopia. (2017-05-16)
Attendance of the 6th World Hydropower Congress
A Visit to Dr. Ing Seleshi Bekeie, Ethiopian Minister of Water, Irrigation and Electricity
A Visit to Mr. Chen Ning,Counselor of the Mission of the People’s Republic to the African Union
A Visit to Ms. Liu Yu,the Economic and Commercial Counselor of Chinese Embassy to Ethiopia
