The Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Beijing Ambassador Dr. Palitha Kohona visited the headquarters of Skyworth, Zonergy and Huawei recently.
At a briefing by the senior management of Skyworth, a major manufacturer of electric cars with a significant market share in China, Ambassador Dr. Palitha Kohona discussed the potential for electrical cars manufactured by Skyworth to be assembled in Sri Lanka, not only to cater to the domestic market but also to the regional export market, including the SAARC region, Africa and the Middle East. Skyworth provides technical training and after sales facilities and the need for charging stations around the country was also discussed. Use of solar for power generation at charging stations, including storage banks, and the potential savings on imported fossil fuel were highlighted. Skyworth produces electric cars for other brands also, including South Korean brands, and is a leader in white goods manufacture. It is already associated with well known companies in Sri Lanka for its white goods.
Ambassador Kohona also participated in a briefing at the Huawei headquarters campus. Vice President of Huawei Simon Liu, who had visited Sri Lanka numerous times, spoke of the high quality and skill levels of Sri Lankan programmers and stated that Sri Lankans have a bright in the IT sector. Huawei had trained over 1000 Sri Lankan IT personnel and the possibility of creating more internship/training placements for Lankan IT personnel at Huawei were discussed.
Huawei has over 30,000 working at the campus and considerable resources were being deployed to develop the necessary technology with significant government assistance. China has given top priority, at state level, to digital development. Huawei has also developed an electric car which has a range of 1200 km on a single charge as well as new generation cellular phones, watches and laptops.
Ambassador Kohona also visited the Zonergy Headquarters which produces complete RE solutions to energy needs, both at home level and at the community level. Its main markets are in Europe and its high tech solutions are much in demand and produces excellent inverters and storage batteries.
Embassy of Sri Lanka
Beijing
04 April 2023
