Fax:86 571 8806 2934
Phone:86 571 8808 6586
Address:122 Xueyuan Road, Hangzhou, China
postcode:310012
[Email us]
Home>>About HRC

About HRC  

    Co-sponsored by the United Nations Development Program and the Chinese government, Hangzhou Regional Center for Small Hydro Power (HRC) was established in 1981.

   The mission of HRC is to promote development of small hydro power (SHP) by conducting training, R+D, consultation, design and information dissemination etc for the developing countries.

    Under the Center, there are 6 divisions, i.e. HRC Secretariat, Administrative Office, New Technology R+D Division for Medium & Small Hydro, Planning & Design Institute for Medium & Small Hydro, Yatai Construction Supervision Consultation Co Ltd and HRC Service Center...


Directors of Hangzhou Regional Center for Small Hydro Power
Present Director: Cheng Xialei

HRC Secretariat
    HRC was established under the joint sponsorship of Chinese government and the United Nations organizations UNDP/UNIDO in early 1980's. It has been successfully operating for 20 years. Entrusted by Chinese Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation, the Ministry of Science & Technology, UNDP, UNIDO, ILO, FAO etc., HRC has successfully hosted many international meetings and 49 SHP training workshops with nearly 900 participants from over 100 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, East Europe and Oceania, covering SHP planning, feasibility study, low-cost SHP civil works, hydrology, SHP plant operation & maintenance, and water turbine pump, etc. The following table is a list of the SHP training workshops held by HRC. International training workshops have been held both in China and abroad. HRC specialists have been invited to deliver lectures in Brazil, India,Nepal,Turkey and Greece, etc. and were enthusiastically welcomed...

HANGZHOU YATAI PLANNING & DESIGN INSTITUTE FOR MEDIUM & SMALL HYDRO POWER
    Hangzhou Yatai Planning & Design Institute for Medium & Small Hydro Power is a technical-intensive enterprise integrating SHP design, research, consultancy and equipment supply. It is mainly engaged in water resources & hydropower project planning, design, electro-mechanical equipment completing, technical rehabilitation and consultation on bids invitation and management etc. The Institute employs a core of high-level professionals (i.e. 62 in total, of which 3 are professor-rank senior engineers, 26 senior engineers and 23 engineers)...

New-Tech R&D Center for M&S Hydro / Hangzhou Yatai Hydro Equipment Completing Co. Ltd.
  New-Tech Research and Development Center for Medium&Small Hydropower (hereinafter called R&D Center), one of the major technical sections in the National Research Institute for Rural Electrification under the Ministry of Water Resources (MWR), is mainly committed to the research and development of new technology for medium&small hydropower both at home and abroad. To meet the demands of market economy development, an independent legal entity, Yatai Hydro Equipment Completing Co. Ltd., Hangzhou (hereinafter called Completing Co.) is established in the R&D Center. Combing scientific research, engineering and commercial activity together and equipped with a laboratory & equipment test center of 1000 odd sq. m., the Completing Co. aims to apply the advanced, reliable and cost-effective R&D products in various medium/small hydropower projects both at home and overseas...

Hangzhou Yatai Supervision & Consultation Co. Ltd.
    Hangzhou Yatai Supervision & Consultation Co. Ltd. is an engineering supervision company approved by the Chinese Ministry of Water Resources and is an independent legal entity. Its business scope covers consultation and supervision on water conservancy & hydropower, road & bridge, and housing projects...
 

Copyright © HRC Secretariat All rights reserved