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UAE, April 11 - The EPC contract signing ceremony of Pakistan Nabisar Vajihar Water Supply Project was held successfully in Dubai, the headquarter of HDEC MENA Region. The contract was signed among three parties, HydroChina International Engineering Corporation Limited, HDEC Middle East Co DMCC., and the wholly-owned subsidiary of Kuwaiti Investment Authority (KIA). The project will be implemented by HDEC. Zhu Bo, the General Manager of HDEC Eurasia Region, Wu Congbao, the Deputy General Manager of HDEC Eurasia attended the signing ceremony in Dubai. Yu Feng, the General Manager of HDEC International and Liu Xiaojie, the Deputy General Manager of HDEC International, Guo Chen, the General Manager of Huadong Engineering Consulting Company, Han Wanyu, the Party Secretary of Ecological and Environmental Engineering Institute and the project team members attended the online ceremony.

It is the first time that POWERCHINA cooperates with KIA in Pakistan and global markets, which is of great importance for the future cooperation between HDEC and KIA. As the fifth largest sovereignty wealth fund in the world, KIA owns property surpassing 592 billion US dollars, whose main business involves in the investment in energy, water affairs and environmental sectors. At the signing ceremony, all parties exchanged the ideas about the development of photovoltaic power and green hydrogen. HDEC expressed that it has attached great importance on this project, and will actively cooperate with KIA on the development of other potential projects.

The Nabisar Vajihar Water Supply Project, located in Thal area in Pakistan, includes a 129,600 m³/d water plant, two reservoirs (the capacity of the reservoir at the start point is 5,710,000 m³, while the other at the end point is 3,520,000 m³) and a glass steel pipe whose diameter is 1.4 m and the total length is 60.71 km. The construction of this project plays a crucial part in the operation of coal power projects along CPEC. It is not only the first water affair project that HDEC conducted on EPC basis in Pakistan with independent marketing, but also the biggest water affair EPC project that HDEC will implement overseas. Therefore, the signing of this project will promote the diversified development in overseas business of HDEC.

Special thanks to the HDEC team during the period of bidding and contract negotiation! Since the bidding team went Lahore for the first time to communicate with the owner on January 11, to the signing ceremony in Dubai on April 11, there are as many as 50 employees who fully participated in this project. During the three months, standing meetings were held every two days, and over 20 times of planning meetings concerning technology and commerce were held on every milestone. Our colleagues gave up their Spring Festival holidays and weekends to invest massive energy in renewing the bid quoted price, optimizing technical plans, evading risks in the contract and promoting the process of this project. Eventually, the owner was deeply impressed by the professional attitudes and skills of the commercial and technical team of HDEC, as well as and the good relations and cooperative attitudes between our Chinese and Pakistani employees.

HDEC International will work together with the team to promote the project implementation, striving to fulfil the contract in an all-out effort, so as to enhance and deepen the development of HDEC’s business in Pakistan and the Eurasia Region.