SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 6 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The first press conference
for Wind Power Shanghai 2007 & Exhibition was held in the China World Hotel
in Beijing on November 24, 2006, attracting over 50 representatives from
embassies, media and enterprises.
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The conference was chaired by Qin Haiyan, General Secretary of the China
Wind Energy Association (CWEA), Li Junfeng, General Secretary of the
Renewable Energy Professional Committee of the Chinese Association of
Resource Comprehensive Utilization (CREIA) and Vice Chairman of the World
Wind Energy Council (GWEC), He Dexin, Chairman of the China Wind Power
Association, Li Xin, Chief of the Energy Division under the Shanghai
Development and Reform Commission and Tang Guifa, President of the Shanghai
International Exhibition Co. (SIEC) addressed the event respectively.
Representatives from the Australian Embassy in China, the Beijing office of
the Sino-Italian Cooperative Project for Environmental Protection, China
office of AFD, companies such as Suzlon and Nordex and media such as China
Daily and china5e.com were present at the conference on invitation. The
status quo and development trend of wind power in China and the world were
reviewed; the background of and opportunities offered by Wind Power Shanghai
2007 & Exhibition were introduced; good wishes for and confidence in
cooperation were expressed and questions of concern to representatives were
answered at the conference.
“Wind Power Shanghai 2007 & Exhibition” to be held in Shanghai from
October 31 to November 3, 2007 are co-initiated and co-sponsored by CREIA,
GWEC, CWEA and SIEC. It is the global wind energy event to be held for the
first time in China and joined by the three major wind energy organizations
of CREIA, GWEC and CWEA. Thanks to its strong industrial background, it will
attract wide participation from global wind energy fields, including
governments, companies, scientific research institutes and NGOs, building an
excellent domestic and even world level brand for wind energy conference and
exhibition characterized by high-grade and high-standard, thus contributing
to the development of the global wind energy cause. As expected, the
exhibition will occupy an area of 10,000 square meters and the conference
will be attended by 400-500 people. The official website for Wind Power
Shanghai 2007 & Exhibition, http://www.windpowershanghai.com , has been
launched days ago and we will publish all kinds of relevant information in
time.
The Global Wind Energy Council represents over 1,500 wind power equipment
manufacturers, relevant organizations and research academies and institutes
in more than 50 countries in the world, including all the important
manufacturers in the international wind energy industry which have produced
99% of the total installed capacity of wind mill generators. With its member
associations representing the development trend of the whole industry, it is
the most authoritative organization in the world wind energy industry.
With the implementation of the China Law on Renewable Resources and the
“Eleventh Five-Year Plan” on January 1, 2006, China’s wind energy market,
which draws much attention, will generate valuable opportunity for vigorous
growth. The installed capacity of windmill generators will reach 5 million kW
in 2010, 10 million kW in 2015 and 30 million kW in 2020.
In 2005, the installed capacity of newly added windmill generators was
500,000 kW, increase by 254% and boosting a total installed capacity of 1.27
million kW in China. Last year, 62 wind power fields in 15 provinces in
China generated 1.53 kWh (quantity of electricity on the grid). At the end of
2005, imported windmill generators will take up 77% of the Chinese market
with the involvement of world-class enterprises.
The increasingly prosperous wind energy market will provide this
conference and exhibition with a good opportunity unseen before. The
conference is an important part of the “Wind Power Shanghai 2007 and
Exhibition” and will be held in Sheraton Grand Tai Ping Yang Hotel, Shanghai
from October 31 to November 1. The topics of the conference will focus on
China’s wind energy market, national policies and regulations, project
investment and financing and technical development of the systems for
connecting and detaching wind power fields with grids and construction of
wind power fields at sea. The sponsors will invite overseas and domestic
government officials, association leaders, entrepreneurs and technical
experts to make speeches on policies for wind energy development, technical
and market issues and take part in discussion to share their experience,
understanding, information and research results with attendants.
In order to serve the increasingly growing demand for technology,
equipment and service in China’s wind energy market, the sponsors will also
hold a special exhibition in the Shanghai International Exhibition Center
from November 1 to 3, 2007. The exhibits include wind power project
development and engineering construction consultation, project financing and
authentication consultation, wind power forecast, measurement and estimate,
wind power software, operation and maintenance of wind power fields, power
and power grid establishments, professional media, technical research,
education and training, etc. so as to build an information exchange and
trading platform for the industry, provide opportunities for business
cooperation between Chinese and overseas companies and promote healthy
development of China’s wind energy market. At that time, the sponsors will
also invite government officials, policymakers, buyers, wind power field
operators, project developers, investors, association members and wind energy
professionals to visit the exhibition.
Wind Power Shanghai 2007 & Exhibition will provide a good opportunity for
Chinese and foreign manufacturers to gain information about Chinese market,
share international cutting-edge technology of and development experience in
wind energy and expand cooperation between enterprises and institutions.
The holding of the press conference lifts officially the curtain for the
preparation for the Wind Power Shanghai 2007 & Exhibition. The warm response
of attendants confirms the present and future significance of the event. We
expect that it will become a window for mutual understanding between China’s
and the rest of the world’s wind power industry and market and set off a new
upsurge of sustainable development of the wind power cause in China.
The second press conference will be held in Shanghai on January 16, 2007.
About Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd. (SIEC)
Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd. (SIEC) is jointly invested by
Shanghai World Expo (Group) Co., Ltd. and the Council for the Promotion of
International Trade, Shanghai. The SIEC was founded on July 1st, 1984 with
the approval of the Ministry of Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation and the
People’s Government of Shanghai Municipality.
The SIEC is a full member of Union des Foires Internationales (UFI). The
SIEC has held 500 international exhibitions of various themes and sizes. It
also has successfully held a number of solo exhibitions at national level.
“AUTO SHANGHAI,” “SHANGHAITEX,” “CHINA CYCLE,” “FASHION
SHANGHAI,” “ELE/PT COMM CHINA” are among the first eight exhibitions
approved excellent by THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE OF SHANGHAI CONVENTIONAL &
EXHIBITION INDUSTRIES.
