---On August 4th 2009, director Cheng 
                        Xialei, vice-director Xu Jincai and Huang Jianping, deputy 
                        secretary-general Xie Yiming, as well as chiefs of 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 Editorial Office 
                        of SHP, visited the International Network on Small Hydro 
                        Power (IN-SHP) for investigation and research with the 
                        theme of Increasing mutual cooperation, seeking common 
                        development. Director of IN-SHP Liu Heng, vice director 
                        Liu Deyou and other satff concerned participated in the 
                        symposium. 
                        
                            Director Liu briefed the history of 
                        development of IN-SHP, its recent activities and the opportunities 
                        and challenges it faced as well as the orientation for 
                        development and the focus of work in the future. He hoped 
                        that with the principle of Enhancing communication to 
                        ensure comprehensive cooperation, complementing each other 
                        to achieve win-win result, the IN-SHP would work together 
                        with HRC to promote the technologies and experience of 
                        SHP in China to other developing countries.
                          On behalf of HRC, director Cheng Xialei 
                        expressed her gratitude for the gracious reception and 
                        thoughtful arrangements of the IN-SHP. After introducing 
                        the general information of HRC, she said, the two organizations 
                        shared strong complementarities: the IN-SHP boasted its 
                        international channels and HRC boasted its advantageous 
                        expertise; as long as the advantages of both organizations 
                        could be brought into full play, the win-win result is 
                        bound to be achieved. Director Cheng also proposed some 
                        concrete domains and items for cooperation. 
                         Vice director Liu Deyou of IN-SHP, 
                        vice directors of HRC Xu Jincai and Huang Jianping expressed 
                        the willingness to reinforce communication and cooperation 
                        in the symposium.(2009-08-10) 
                      
                      
                      