STORY: Conference on electric power supply industry opens in China's Xiamen
DATELINE: Oct. 21, 2023
LENGTH: 0:04:01
LOCATION: XIAMEN, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the 24th Conference on the Electric Power Supply Industry
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOAO GRACA GOMES, R&D Engineer at the Sino-Portuguese Center for New Energy Technologies of the China Three Gorges Corporation
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): FERDINAND O. GELUZ, Senior Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer of Meralco of the Philippines
4. various of exhibitors

STORYLINE:

The 24th Conference on the Electric Power Supply Industry opened on Friday in the eastern Chinese coastal city of Xiamen, becoming the first offline conference of its kind globally since the COVID-19 pandemic.
   
Themed "Low Carbon Energy, Powering a Green Future," the conference has attracted over 2,000 delegates, including representatives of leading energy and power enterprises, authorities and international organizations in the Asia-Pacific region.
   
During the conference, in-depth discussions and interactive exchanges will be held on key issues of global concern such as China's dual carbon goals, green and low-carbon development, electrification, new power systems, new power markets and comprehensive energy.

More than 40 prominent guests will deliver keynote reports on the major concerns of the industry and share advanced development concepts and practical industry experience, aiming to handle new challenges in energy security, climate change and sustainable development.
   
SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOAO GRACA GOMES, R&D Engineer at the Sino-Portuguese Center for New Energy Technologies of the China Three Gorges Corporation
"I very focus on electrical engineering research, focus on energy planning, electricity planning. The main reason I came here to this conference was to learn more about novelty and research on the field and that China is the country in the world that invests more in the novel energy. The scale of the project in China is much larger offshore wind. We have thousands of megawatts being stored per year. So there is a lot of the world can learn from China because China is moving at a very fast pace."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): FERDINAND O. GELUZ, Senior Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer of Meralco of the Philippines
"My main focus here is really to listen and collaborate because for us, in this world, we wanna going to the low-carbon world energy usage. I think there's a lot of practice that we can learn here. All this I think we are going to learn from each other while we have a vision and plans in our country. I think this collaboration will greatly impact in terms of accelerating those plans."

With a total area of about 17,500 square meters, the exhibition area will this year comprehensively showcase the innovation and development achievements of member units of the Association of the Electricity Supply Industry of East Asia and the Western Pacific (AESIEAP), providing a platform for international and domestic industry players to connect technological innovation with market demand.
   
The conference is being hosted by AESIEAP and the China Electricity Council, and will run until Oct. 23.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Xiamen, China.
(XHTV)