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    On October 19-21, The Department for International Trade of Britain led 18 British enterprises and industries to participate in the 2016 China Wind Power Conference & Expo (hereafter shortened as CWP), where they gathered together with more than 100 policy-makers, scientists, specialists, enterprises’ leaders and financial elites from over 30 countries and regions world wide to discuss the prospect of wind power under the background of global energy transition, which will put the Sino-British cooperation to a new high together with the globalization of marine wind power.

    Ever since 2008 when the CWP was launched for the first time, it has developed into one of the largest and most influential platforms in this field. On the opening ceremony of this year, Stephen Ellison, Minister-Counselor of British Embassy in China, was invited to deliver a speech where he said that “energy transition is a crucial issue the whole world is facing, among which China and Britain function as pioneers and leaders. Being China’s partner of multiple fields and the largest marine wind power market globe wide, Britain is dedicated to deepen industrial cooperation and technical exchange with China, share our rich experience in marine wind power field and face the challenge of climate change together with the rest of the world.”

    During the conference, the British exhibition team, which consists of the aforesaid 18 British enterprises and industries, made their appearance with an unprecedentedly large scale and finished thorough exchange with enterprises and industrial specialists of China and other countries via sub-forum discussion and one-to-one business talks. On the sub-forum themed as “Global Wind Power Market Investment Opportunities” held on October 19, Mike Hay, a marine wind power specialist in China region of the Department for International Trade of Britain, delivered a detailed introduction and analysis about the trade and investment potential in marine wind power between China and Britain. He also stressed that China and Britain would be connected even closer by lots of on-going items, such as project design, ships installation and the supply and protection of electric cable.

    Cooperation in marine wind power field has always been one of the highlights between Sino-British energy cooperation. In October 2015, China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute, affiliated to Power Construction Corporation of China, has signed the Cooperation Agreement for the Steering Committee of Sino-British Marine Wind Power Industry Cooperation with British Renewable Energy Office, after which the Sino-British Marine Wind Power cooperation Steering Committee was established simultaneously in China and Britain. Looking back the cooperation process of last year, Catriona Knox, the commercial counselor of British Embassy in China and the Energy Director of China region for the Department for International Trade of Britain, expressed that “an agreement concerning reducing the cost of marine wind power has been reached between China and Britain. Both sides are going to continue our close cooperation by expanding and deepening mutually reciprocal or win-win business opportunities and exploring the third party market through making full use of the complementary advantages of China and Britain.”