How to play a leading role in promoting the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative and accelerate the construction of high-quality development of the global new energy industry are issues of great concern to all parties. On December 15, 2020, the 3rd New Energy International Finance and Frontier Technology Forum hosted by the New Energy International Investment Alliance was held in Hefei. Nearly 200 representatives from national ministries and commissions, professional associations, financial institutions, insurance institutions, investment institutions, embassies and consulates in China, foreign government agencies, and leading new energy companies gathered to discuss the development of the global new energy industry during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period , Explore new energy opportunities along the Belt and Road in the post-epidemic era.

China is an active participant and contributor to global environmental governance. On December 12, President Xi Jinping attended the Climate Ambition Summit and delivered an important speech, explaining China's proposals for addressing climate change, and announcing the latest measures of China's National Independent Contributions, injecting confidence and strength into promoting global climate governance. At the same time, the overseas epidemic continues to spread, and China's new energy development will face opportunities and challenges during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.

In this context, the New Energy International Investment Alliance held the 3rd New Energy International Finance and Frontier Technology Forum, which actively discussed hot topics such as the development trend of the new energy industry, the deep integration of finance and technology, and new energy overseas investment to explore innovation Development path. The forum was organized by Energy China Gezhouba Group International Engineering Co., Ltd. and Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd., and was held online and offline.

Lu Zexiang, chairman of the New Energy International Investment Alliance, secretary of the company’s party committee and chairman, said in his opening speech that the world is undergoing major changes unseen in a century, but the concept of global green development has not changed. In the three years since the establishment of the New Energy International Investment Alliance, it has 18 member companies and has signed a total of 4.68 billion US dollars in new energy projects, with 24 signings, fully demonstrating the value creation ability. The purpose of this forum is to promote the deep integration of new energy industry finance and technology through the synergy of the alliance, and promote the high-quality development of the global new energy industry. In this initiative, the member companies of the alliance actively seize the opportunity of the "14th Five-Year Plan", work together to promote technological progress, strengthen experience sharing, innovate investment and financing tools, give full play to the role of the government and professional associations, and become a leader in technology, investment and financing. The leader among the leading enterprises will play the role of the “head goose” in the industry. As a leading company in China's energy and power industry and one of the important overseas business platforms of Energy China, Energy China Gezhouba International Co., Ltd. shoulders the important mission of "Going Global". During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China Energy Construction and Gezhouba Group's international business will further increase overseas investment in power, especially new energy, and create new growth points. The company is willing to work hand in hand with alliance enterprises and partners from all walks of life to jointly explore the development of new energy and achieve a shared win-win situation.

Zhai Dongsheng, director of the Belt and Road Construction Promotion Center of the National Development and Reform Commission, pointed out that the new energy international investment alliance and "going out" companies should take the global "green recovery and new deal" storm as an important development opportunity to expand the development space of the international market. The director of the Asian and African Affairs Division of the International Department of the National Energy Administration said that the Chinese government has steadily promoted the prevention and control of the epidemic and the resumption of production, and the development of green energy has become an important driving force for economic recovery. Wang Guiqing, vice chairman of the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products, stated that the New Energy International Investment Alliance must become an innovative leader in new technologies, new ideas and new ways of cooperation and play a greater role. Cao Renxian, chairman of Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd., said that the alliance enterprises must enter the international market. Only technological breakthroughs and determined innovation, cooperation, unity and group warmth can have long-term development.

This forum was hosted by Wang Jin, Dean of Guohe Smart Energy Technology Research Institute.

In the keynote speech session, Abel Moore De Moore, Director of the Energy Administration of Abu Dhabi, UAE, Zhao Zhongbu, Deputy General Manager of the First Business Department of China Export Credit Insurance Corporation, and Shen Min, Deputy General Manager of Special Financing Department of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China , Pan Xinyuan, Deputy General Manager of the Financial Department of Bank of China, Cheng Lin, Chief Representative of MIGA in China, a multilateral investment agency, Lv Yunhe, Vice President of ACWA Power China, Lin Xiaodan, Chairman of China Energy Construction Gezhouba Group Overseas Investment Company, EBRD, Deutsche Bank, ENGIE and other guests He delivered a wonderful speech and shared insightful views on topics such as the overseas development trend of the New Energy Power Alliance, the promotion of the Green Belt and Road Initiative, China and the world's renewable energy outlook, and the survival of foreign energy companies in China's new energy market.

In the two round-table forums, Wang Xiao, economist of the Strategic Bureau of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Zhang Ming, general manager of Standard Chartered Bank's project and export financing department, Liu Jie, investment director of China-Latin America Cooperation Fund, and deputy general manager of China Energy Construction Gezhouba International Corporation Chen Xiangdong and Yuan Yingli on the topic of "how capital can boost new energy technology upgrades and industrial development", Rong Gang, senior vice president of Jiangsu CITIC Bo New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Kang Kaiyu, assistant senior manager of China-Africa Development Fund, Sungrow Power Co., Ltd. The company’s vice president Wu Jiamaung and China Energy Construction Gezhouba International’s assistant general manager Li Jianfeng focused on the topic of "the development opportunities of the global new energy industry and the orientation of financial capital in the post-epidemic era". They exchanged views and collided with ideas for new energy. The in-depth integration of technology and financial capital provides feasible suggestions.

At the forum, from the National Development and Reform Commission, the National Energy Administration and other ministries and commissions, the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products and other professional associations, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, China Export Credit Insurance Corporation, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Bank of China, Export-Import Bank of China, MIGA, Standard Chartered Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Deutsche Bank, and other financial institutions and insurance institutions, China-Africa Development Fund, China-Latin America Capacity Cooperation Investment Fund, Guoxin International Investment Co., Ltd., Three Gorges International Energy Investment Group and other investment institutions, Abu Dhabi, UAE Energy Agency, UAE Embassy in China, Chilean Embassy in China, Indonesian Ministry of Development Planning and other embassies and consulates in China and foreign government agencies, ACWA Power, ENGIE China, PT PRIMA LAYANAN NASIONAL ENJINIR ING, JinkoSolar Co., Ltd., Xinjiang Goldwind Technology Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Supcon Solar Technology Co., Ltd., Jiangsu CITIC Bo New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., BP lightsource, EDF Renewable, ENEL SPA, State Power Investment Corporation Yellow River Upstream Hydropower Development Company, Macquarie & Blueleaf, Masdar A MUBADALA COMPANY , Marubeni Corporation, Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Java Island Power Transmission and Transformation Company, PT Indonesia Power, SB Energy Corp., Total Solar International, VENA ENERGY, China Huaneng Group Hong Kong Co., Ltd., AECOM, Blackwich Engineering Design Co., Ltd. Representatives from the company, FICHTNER GmbH & Co. KG, IDOM, ILF, PLN ENJINIRING, and 25 companies affiliated to China Energy Construction attended the meeting.

The New Energy International Investment Alliance is the first domestic alliance that covers the entire life cycle of investment, construction and operation of overseas new energy projects. It currently has 18 member companies. Since its establishment in June 2018, the alliance has actively responded to the National One Belt and One Road initiative, and has been committed to building a top international strategic alliance in the new energy industry based on the principle of "mutual consultation, joint construction, and sharing". As the chairman unit of the alliance, Energy China Gezhouba International Co., Ltd. leverages its advantages in a professional platform to achieve collaborative cooperation with a number of alliance member units to promote Chinese new energy companies to accelerate their "going out". Editor/Sang Xiaomei