Staff members from the State Grid Hangzhou Power Supply Company install equipment at the Geely Lotus intelligent line-controlled steering headquarters and industrialization project. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The new Geely Lotus headquarters for its intelligent line-controlled steering and industrialization project in Lin'an, Zhejiang province, successfully received electricity supply on Jan 14.
The project in the Hengfan Industrial Zone is a comprehensive industrial headquarters integrating functions such as research and development, testing, production manufacturing and marketing management. It focuses on the research and production of core components for new energy vehicles such as intelligent line-controlled steering and electric power-assisted steering, with an expected annual output of 1.2 million sets of intelligent line-controlled steering products and 600,000 sets of electric power-assisted steering products.
As one of the major construction projects in Zhejiang province under the "Thousands of Projects and Trillion-yuan of Investment" initiative in 2024, this project is also the second enterprise to establish its headquarters in Lin'an.
Project leader Lin Weiyang said, "Adequate power supply has provided strong support for our rapid development. The power supply company was able to complete the power connection on time and before the year-end, allowing sufficient time for equipment debugging and production line trial operation. It is expected that on Jan 20, two production lines will undergo trial operation, and we are racing against time to make the most of it."
Staff members from the company at work. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The State Grid Hangzhou Power Supply Company, that switched the power on, has been committed to providing services for this project and has integrated into the full life cycle management of key projects and implementing the "electricity waiting for enterprises" service model.
From electricity application to formal power connection, seamless coordination along the entire chain has been achieved, ensuring the timely start for the project production.
Yi Kongming, director of the business service division of the power supply company, said, "During the project approval phase, through the government-enterprise information sharing mechanism, we obtained user project information in advance, understood electricity demands and planning, and made arrangements for power access a year in advance. When the enterprise applied for electricity, we provided an immediate response on the power supply plan."
The Geely Lotus intelligent line-controlled steering headquarters and industrialization project is located in Lin’an, Zhejiang province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
In accordance with the latest policies, this project complies with document No 129, where the investment planned by the enterprise has been changed to government investment, saving the enterprise more than 1 million yuan($136,391)in electricity investment.
During the project implementation process, the State Grid Hangzhou Power Supply Company established a special team to address electricity-related challenges, which significantly shortened the power connection period and won valuable time for the project.
The State Grid Hangzhou Power Supply Company said it will continue to optimize its business service system, enhance power supply reliability and provide strong support for local economic development.
