Scotland in £6.4-mn renewable energy deal with China

10 Jan 2011

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Renewable energy technology pioneered in Scotland will be introduced in China. The first minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, who heads the Scottish government and is the political leader of Scotland, has welcomed a £6.4 million agreement.

The deal was unveiled with the arrival in Edinburgh of the man expected to be China's next premier, Chinese vice-premier Li Kequiang.

Li along with six Chinese ministers met Salmond in the Scottish capital as part of a four-day visit to the UK.

The deal has been agreed between a Scottish company W2E Engineering and a Sino-Scottish firm, Shanghai Huanuan Boiler and Vessel / Cochran.

Following the meeting at Bute House in Edinburgh, Salmond said the relationship between Scotland and China was "proceeding apace".

The discussions covered educational, cultural and economic ties between Scotland and China. The discussions also covered the first minister's recent trade mission to China. Salmond thanked the vice-premier for his government's recent decision to give Scotch whisky legal protection in China.

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