Türkiye and China mentioned prospects of cooperation in revolutionary applied sciences in lots of fields, starting from electrical autos to renewable vitality and battery manufacturing to nuclear energy vegetation, a senior official mentioned Thursday.
On a go to to China, Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır mentioned electrical autos and battery investments have been the facilities of consideration in his conferences in Beijing with Chinese Minister of Science and Technology Yin Hejun and Minister of Industry and Information Technology Jin Zhuanglong.
He mentioned he shared the extent of commercial and technological capability that Türkiye reached with breakthroughs in growth and innovation, and his Chinese counterparts are intently following the nation’s progress.
Kacır identified that China is among the nations that closely invested in excessive know-how, turning into one of many world’s leaders in superior applied sciences.
“We evaluated the ways to cooperate with Chinese companies to invest in our country in the coming period,” he instructed Anadolu Agency (AA).
Kacır mentioned battery applied sciences represent “an integral part” of electric vehicle production and he wants to “make Türkiye right into a manufacturing base for electrical autos and batteries.”
He recalled the Turkish electrical car line made by automotive producer, Togg, as an vital step towards that aim.
Renewable vitality applied sciences
Kacır identified that renewable vitality applied sciences stand out as a possible space of cooperation, and mentioned Türkiye ranks first in Europe, fourth on the earth in photo voltaic vitality, and scores within the prime 5 in Europe in wind vitality.
Noting that China is the chief in photo voltaic panel manufacturing, Kacır added: “We believe that we can further advance our capabilities in renewable energy technologies through joint projects.”
Kacır famous that Türkiye’s first nuclear energy plant is being in-built Akkuyu, situated in Mersin, the southern port metropolis, in cooperation with Russia and it’ll quickly be commissioned.
He emphasised China was the primary nation to fee fourth-generation nuclear energy vegetation utilizing molten salt reactors, and due to this fact there may very well be potential areas of cooperation between the 2 nations.
“Türkiye produces its electric locomotive traveling at a speed of 160 kilometers per hour (99 miles per hour), and we will put in an important effort in the development and production of high-speed trains,” he mentioned, noting that the 2 nations can work collectively in rail system applied sciences.
Kacır added that Türkiye can cooperate with China within the well being business for vaccines, medication and medical units.
‘Door to Europe’
Kacır identified that Türkiye presents alternatives to Chinese manufacturers when it comes to industrial investments.
“As a member of the Customs Union, Türkiye opens the door to the European Union for Chinese brands,” he mentioned. He acknowledged that additionally they mentioned alternatives that Türkiye can supply to Chinese firms for funding.
“We discussed joint calls for science, R&D projects, and how the cooperation can be carried further,” he mentioned.
Kacir visited a number of industrial amenities in cities in China and met executives and officers of Chinese firms.
He additionally visited the electrical automobile battery manufacturing facility of Farasis Energy, the mission companion of Togg, in Jiangxi province.
Kacır additionally inspected the electrical automobile factories of Chery, SAIC Motor, Zeekr (Geely) and GAC Motor, China’s main state-owned automotive firms.
He was anticipated to go to the campus the place the Chinese know-how big, Huawei, is exhibiting new applied sciences developed in communication, cloud computing and automotive fields, and can meet the corporate’s board of administrators.
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