Laos Sustainability Report

18 19 Construct an excellent project, create a shiny pearl of Nam Ou Located within Phongsali province of Laos, Nam Ou River Level-4 Hydropower Station is classified as a Class II (2) large project. The project was jointly built by a strong "Quadriad integration" team consisting of PowerChina Overseas Investment Co., Ltd., PowerChina Kunming Survey and Design Institute, SINOHYDRO Construction Consulting Company and No. 10 Bureau of SINOHYDRO, which progressively executed the construction of the main project in an orderly manner centering on the goal of "implementing an excellent project through refined management". Before the flood season arrived, in order to address the road issues that would occur in the construction during the flood season, the hydropower station stored a large amount of the sandstone and aggregate in the sandstone system, and ensured supply to satisfy construction needs during the flood season when road condition was poor and building stones produced by local material yard could not be transported. In the construction process of the level-4 Hydropower Station, construction units strictly followed the quality standard, supervision units conducted comprehensive supervision, design units implemented careful check and provided service, and the project department of the property owner of the level-4 hydropower station effected full supervision, hence forming an effective quality guarantee mechanism; moreover, during the "quality month", quality control practice activities were vigorously carried out, and inspection items including concrete slump test, concrete pouring temperature measurement, concrete (or concrete form) unevenness examination, bar splice sampling and drawing test, and quality inspection were conducted, comprehensively increasing the quality awareness and quality control capability of the level-4 Hydropower Station project. A strong Quadriad integration team Implementing an excellent project through refined management construction of the IV segment and V segment of China-Laos Railway, which is 74.99 kilometers and 90.03 kilometers respectively. The total construction period is 5 years. China and Laos jointly invest in the project (70% and 30% shares respectively) with a total investment of USD5.8 billion. Over 60% of the railway are bridges and tunnels, and the designed speed per hour is 160 kilometer. The railway is expected to be completed and put into operation around 2020. The China-Laos Railway project effectively connects the "Belt and Road" initiative with Laos' development strategy. After completion, Yumo Railway and Nong Khai – Bangkok Railway will comprise a China-Laos-Thailand great channel, which will enhance China's economic and trade cooperation with Laos and Thailand, facilitate the construction of the China-ASEAN free trade zone, and help Laos to transform itself from a landlocked to a land-linked country. "Nam Ou River winds its way from the north to the south, along which level-5 and level-6 Hydropower Stations have been built within Phongsali province, generating significant economic and social benefits. Currently level-4 and level-7 Hydropower Stations of the 2nd phase are being built within the province. Considering the actual local situation, the choice of the site for level-4 Hydropower Station avoided Muang Khua county in the lower reaches, reducing the submerged area and installed capacity; but it is not far away from the county, and road and bridge construction has brought the most direct changes to the local community. Witnessing the construction of the level-4 Hydropower Station and its positive impact on the surrounding area thanks to the many efforts of PowerChina to bring about a series of contributions, I am happy and people in Phongsali will also remember this. I believe level-4 Hydropower Station will become another shiny pearl along Nam Ou River". -Camden Ombohi, Party Secretary and Governor of Phongsali Province mug onto tubo glutton 中国申建承声拉孟山隧道平导 5 唐万铁路V标項目经理部目分部 MARA 石欢 LIVE Nam Ngum 5 Hydropower Station is located along Nam Ting River, a branch in the upper reaches of Nam Ngum River in the mountainous area of Northern Laos, which consists of three parts including the head hub, the diversion works and the plant area hub. This is the first BOT hydropower station project invested in Laos by PowerChina. Two mixed-flow water turbine-generator units each with a capacity of 60 megawatts are installed in the hydropower station with a total installed capacity of 120 megawatts. The project was started on October 1, 2008, and was officially put into commercial operation on December 2, 2012. The hydropower station project has been designed and constructed according to China's project construction standard, with its quality among the best of similar projects. Green construction, design optimization and technological innovation are adopted for the project, which have won many awards including SINOHYDRO and PowerChina Group excellent project award, and national excellent project design award, survey award, technological progress award, and achievement innovation award as well as those of Yunnan province. The project has generated two province-level and ministry-level engineering methods, three national patents, and more than 30 scientific and technological theses. In 2016, Nam Ngum 5 water conservancy and hydropower engineering project won China Construction Project Luban Award (Overseas Projects), the highest honor of China's construction industry that is acclaimed as the "Oscar of China's Construction Industry". China-Laos Railway is an important part of the middle passage of the Trans- Asian Railway and is over 400 kilometers in total. PowerChina undertakes the "The China-Laos Railway project is a strategic project for both countries. It is a project that will bring convenience for people of both of our countries, promote the connectivity between the two countries, and facilitate China's connectivity with Southeast Asia; it is also an important project of the "Belt and Road" initiative. Favorable factors in implementing this project include that all our participating construction units support the construction of this project, and people in Laos understand very much the importance of this project." --Latanamani, Deputy Minister of Public Engineering and Transportation of Laos Power Construction Corporation of China TO IN FURNIS 14114 FUNTIME Laos Sustainability Report

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