Li Guoying visited the Rabigh seawater desalination project in Saudi Arabia to inspect and guide the work
2024-5-17 18:54:24
On May 16th, local time, Li Guoying, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Minister of the Ministry of Water Resources, visited the Rabigh seawater desalination project in Saudi Arabia to inspect and guide the work. Wang Qimin, Consul General of the People’s Republic of China in Jeddah, Peng Gang and Chen Yunpeng accompanied the inspection.
Li Guoying attended a symposium in the conference room of the Rabigh III project. The participants exchanged views on the direction and methods of future cooperation in water affairs between China and Saudi Arabia. Mohammad Abunayyan introduced the development history of ACWA Power and said that Power China and SEPCOIII has a long-term and stable cooperative relationship with ACWA Power. As an EPC contractor, it has undertaken many large-scale projects in Saudi Arabia and has rich experience. Among them, the Rabigh III project has high construction quality and management level. It is a landmark project of friendly cooperation between China and Saudi Arabia. ACWA Power will continue to increase investment cooperation in China’s new energy, desalination, energy storage, green hydrogen and other fields, and jointly promote the solid implementation of the economic and trade cooperation strategies between China and Saudi Arabia. Li Guoying said that ACWA Power is the most capable and largest developer in the world’s seawater desalination industry. It has made significant water supply contributions to solving Saudi Arabia’s water resources problems and promoting the sustainable development of Saudi economy and society. Together with Power China, we have created an EPC model that is recognized by all parties as highly efficient, achieving strong alliances and all-round cooperation and coupling. The Rabigh III project is an important result of the joint cooperation between the two parties and a model of sincere cooperation between the two countries in the field of desalination projects. It is believed that both parties will use the Rabigh project as a starting point to further strengthen the cooperation in the field of China-Saudi Arabia desalination project construction. With cooperation and exchanges, in the future, more water conservancy projects and people’s livelihood projects like the Rabigh Water Plant will bear fruitful results on the "Belt and Road" friendship between China and Saudi Arabia.
After the meeting, Li Guoying and his delegation visited the Rabigh III sproject, visited important parts of the water plant such as the RO plant, and communicated with the accompanying personnel on the seawater desalination process.
After the visit, Mr.Li Guoying attended a symposium on the Rabigh 4 EPC project in Saudi Arabia and listened to Peng Gang’s report on the overseas business development of Power China and Chen Yunpeng’s report on the business situation in the field of seawater desalination of SEPCOIII. Li Guoying fully affirmed the achievements made by Power China and SEPCOIII in the development and implementation of the Saudi desalination market. Li Guoying said that Power China, as an outstanding representative of central enterprises, has built a first-class team, first-class technology, first-class management, and first-class performance through long-term training in Saudi Arabia and overseas markets. One of the most important strategies in Saudi Arabia’s 2030 Vision is the water strategy. Desalination and sewage treatment are the two most important pillars for the implementation of the water strategy. It is necessary to study and understand Saudi Arabia’s next development strategy and analyze the possibility of future market development. At the same time, we must keep up with market trends and actively participate in green power construction, especially photovoltaic and wind power. In the next step, on the basis of maintaining the current good development trend, we must continue to explore market development and innovation in contracting models, build a world-class contractor, and compete with European, American, Japanese and Korean companies on a larger stage. Wang Qimin said that in recent years, China and Saudi Arabia have joined hands to promote the construction of the "One Belt, One Road", and economic and trade cooperation has developed in an all-round and in-depth manner and achieved remarkable results. Power China and its subsidiary SEPCOIII, as representatives of outstanding central enterprises, have achieved remarkable results in Saudi Arabia. As a bridge between China and Saudi Arabia in the fields of economic and trade, cultural exchanges and other fields, the Consulate General will always adhere to the purpose of "diplomacy for the people" and will, as always, provide assistance to the best of its ability to enterprises.
Tang Liang, Director of the General Office of the Ministry of Water Resources, Yu Qiyang, Director of the Department of Water Resources Management, Jin Hai, Director of the Department of International Cooperation and Science and Technology, Chi Xinyang, Director of the Department of International Cooperation and Science and Technology, Liu Lei, Deputy Secretary of the General Office, She Li, Second Secretary, Liu Shiyang, Third Secretary, Vice Consul of the Chinese Consulate General in Jeddah, POWERCHINA and SEPCOIII relevant personnel participated in the inspection.