TOKYO, May 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
Suntech Power Japan Corp. ("STPJ"), 100% subsidiary of SFCE and
Wuxi Suntech, announces today that it was received as the only PV
module manufacturer by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Japan.
On May 8th, Chinese Premier
started his Japan visit after 8
years discontinued. It is the 40th anniversary of the signing of
the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the two countries. With
concerted efforts by the two sides, China and Japan started to promote the long-term,
healthy development of bilateral relations and the steady
cooperation in various fields. Premier Li had a talk with Japanese
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and met
with Japanese Emperor Akihito. During the visit, Premier Li
attended the 40th anniversary ceremony for Sino-Japan Treaty of
Peace and Friendship, also attended the China-Japan-ROK leaders' summit.
After his long trip from Indonesia, the first guests Premier Li Keqiang
was keen to meet with are the representatives of Chinese
enterprises, overseas Chinese and students in Japan, of course Chinese ambassadors as well.
STPJ is the only PV module manufacturer invited to meet by Premier
Li in Japan. Premier Li affirmed
the success Chinese enterprises achieved in Japan and the contribution to bilateral
economic and trade relationship.
On May 10th, President
of STPJ and VP of Wuxi Suntech, Zeight Gao was invited to attend
the 40th anniversary ceremony for Sino-Japan Treaty of Peace and
Friendship. More potential economic growth between the two
countries could be expected in the speech by Premier Li and Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe.
More than 50% of PV modules in Japan market are produced by Chinese company,
which made a successful story of Chinese manufacturing. In 2006,
Suntech acquired MSK, a Japan-based PV company valued USD 300 mil, and replaced the name as Suntech
Power Japan Corp. STPJ celebrated its 50th anniversary last year as
one of the longest history Chinese Companies in Japan. There're 100 employees in STPJ of which
95% of them are local. In Japan,
STPJ has made a great progress in large-scale power plant
investments (IPP), module sales, residential PV system, O&M,
monitoring system and energy storage solutions.
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