The world's largest diversified company General Electric, announced here on the 18th in a series of new initiatives to expand operations in Guangdong, including cooperation with local research institutions to develop new energy technologies, the establishment of the first in China and the establishment of regional procurement center of South China Headquarters .
Executive Vice Governor of Guangdong Province Huang Longyun, glue stick General Electric Company Vice Chairman John Rice attended the launch ceremony of cooperation projects.
At the launch ceremony, General Electric R & D centers in China and the Guangzhou Institute of Energy signed a Memorandum of Understanding MOU, both parties will work together to advance a new generation of thin film solar cell technology research and application,glue gun and strive to promote the innovative solar cell technology upgrading in Guangdong Province.
At the same time, General Electric, Guangdong-based Centre for Asia-Pacific region also officially unveiled appliance purchases. The establishment of this center marks the company will further expand the scale of procurement in Guangdong, and the assistance of the local government to strengthen and supplier of the Pearl River Delta cooperation, give full play to its market channels in the advantages, enhance the technological capabilities of local enterprises, improve production quality and safety, working environment to ensure compliance with health and environmental standards.
To tie in with the neighboring provinces of Guangdong and growing business, GE also announced today the establishment of regional headquarters of South China, in order to more effectively integrate their businesses in this region.
Vice Chairman John Rice General Electric Company, expressed the hope that the formation of the Guangdong Economic complementarity and win-win situation, and actively participate in Guangdong Province, to technology, service and environment-friendly industrial model of the transition to further expand with the local government and enterprises in the energy, water processing, medical, lighting and other sectors of cooperation and development.
It is reported that General Electric and the Chinese Academy of Sciences Guangzhou Institute of Energy under the focus of cooperation between the thin film solar cell technology for the development and application. This technology will be prevalent in the solar energy industry in the current panel to polysilicon-based battery technology, to provide a lower cost, more efficient next generation of battery solutions.
According to the data show that GE's procurement contracts in Guangdong last year, amounting to seven hundred and seventy million U.S. dollars, accounting for the company in China, one fifth of total purchases, which were the company's purchases of home appliances sector has accounted for more than half .