- Edited By Tom Lamar -

Hollysys Automation Technologies, Ltd. (Hollysys), a provider of automation and control technologies and applications in China, today announced that its nuclear joint venture, China Techenergy Co., Ltd. (CTEC), established with China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Co., Ltd. (CGNPC), was granted a contract to commission automation and control systems of #1 and #2 reactors of Fangchenggang nuclear power station, of which the conventional island automation and control system is designed to be based on Hollysys proprietary HOLLiAS-N platform.

Fangchenggang nuclear power station in Guangxi province is funded and constructed by a consortium of power corporations led by China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holdings Co., Ltd. The station is built to have six one-gigawatt (GW) pressurized water reactors using CGNPC's proprietary CPR-1000 technology.

Dr. Changli Wang, CEO and Chairman of Hollysys, commented, "We are pleased to see our nuclear JV is being awarded the automation and control contract for phase I of Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Station constructed by China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holdings Co., Ltd. Given the burgeoning nuclear build-out in China and localization policy advocated by Chinese government, Hollysys will leverage on its core competency and strategic alliance to achieve the dominant market leading position in China's nuclear market."