A groundbreaking ceremony for a unit of a nuclear power plant in Pakistan was held on Friday, according to the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC).
Unit 5 in the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant will be the third one-million-kilowatt-class unit of Hualong One, China's self-developed third-generation nuclear reactor.
The new project will enhance Pakistan's energy security, promote economic development and improve the well-being of the local people, said the CNNC.
It also has significant importance in building a closer China-Pakistan partnership with a shared future in the new era, its developer added.
The Karachi K-2/K-3 nuclear power plant starts commercial operation in Pakistan on May 20, 2021. /CNNC
The two countries have jointly built four 300,000-kilowatt nuclear power units at the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant and two one-million-kilowatt nuclear power units at the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant.
Read more: China delivers two Hualong-1 nuclear power units to Pakistan: CNNC
These units provide about 30 billion kilowatt-hours of clean electricity annually, equivalent to an annual energy saving of 9.38 million tonnes of standard coal and 24.48 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions.
At the ceremony, China and Pakistan reached a consensus on enhancing collaboration across the entire industrial chain and achieving mutual benefit and win-win results.
(Cover: A groundbreaking ceremony for Unit 5 of the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant in Pakistan is held, July 14, 2023. /CNNC)