Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing has lauded the achievements of China's modernization drive, noting that its development model offers valuable lessons for Myanmar to learn from.
He made the comments in an interview with China Media Group in Beijing on Wednesday, during his five-day state visit to China which ended on Friday. The trip marked his 13th visit to the country and his first since assuming the office of president.
During his extensive past tours, Min Aung Hlaing visited multiple Chinese provinces and cities, gaining firsthand insight into the nation's sweeping modernization efforts.
"Since entering the new era, China has made remarkable progress, and this is clear for all to see. China is developing at a rapid pace, and I often see news reports about China's technological innovation. China's younger generation is diligent and enterprising. They are the main force driving the country's development. I have visited many provinces and cities in China, and development achievements can be seen across the country, not only in the places you mentioned. In addition, China's development is relatively balanced. For example, Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Guangzhou are roughly on par in terms of development, with only slight differences among them. Therefore, China's development model is worth learning from," said Min Aung Hlaing.
He outlined a wide array of high-value sectors ripe for expanded partnership, including advanced engineering, electronics, aerospace, agriculture, and industrial manufacturing.
"China offers valuable lessons for Myanmar in many fields. Infrastructure development is one key area where the two sides should focus their cooperation. Besides, China has advanced engineering, electronics, aerospace, seed breeding, and industrial manufacturing - all of which offer significant cooperation opportunities. We should continue to broaden the scope of Myanmar-China cooperation, while also increasing investment between the two sides and expanding the scale of bilateral trade," said the president.
China has been Myanmar's largest trading partner for many years, as well as its largest source of imports and most important source of investment. Bilateral trade reached 19.4 billion U.S. dollars in 2025, up 19.1 percent year on year, according to official data.
Myanmar president hails China's modernization achievements, calls for expanded cooperation
A clean energy program aiming to explore the abundant solar resources in an arid town in northwest China via smart technology has transformed the town into a vibrant green power hub.
Thanks to advanced smart grid systems, energy storage and initiating regional new energy training sessions introduced by the program, Minning Town in Yinchuan City of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has achieved a 24-hour supply of 100 percent green electricity since 2024, pioneering a new model for rural revitalization.
Designated as the first "Green Electricity Town" in the region, Minning Town boasts the largest and most fully equipped new energy training school in northwest China, where students are engaged in lessons around a disassembled wind-driven generator.
The Ningxia Lineng New Energy Vocational Skills Training School also offers trainees access to energy storage and power transformation equipment of different generations and technical characteristics.
Leveraging its abundant solar and wind power facilities, a training base has been established for the trainees in the town.
"Trainees can learn theories in the morning at school, and then go to stations nearby for some practices in the afternoon," said Xing Bowen, manager of the school.
With the annual sunshine duration reaching 3,000 hours, residents in the town have utilized local solar resources to increase their income.
In Yuanlong Village, the roofs of 1,922 households installed with photovoltaic panels have become a unique sight.
"Since our roof photovoltaic industry started grid-connected operation in 2016, residents in Yuanlong Village have leased their roofs out to enterprises. As a result, each household earns a rent of 480 yuan every year, and it also brings a collective income of nearly 1 million yuan to our village," said Ma Keyu, secretary of the Party branch in Yuanlong.
Besides roofs, many villages there have made full use of their idle land, while raising livestock animals under solar panels.
Wind turbines have been also put up on the desertified land around the town to synergize with solar panels to generate electricity.
To ensure a stable power supply at night or when wind stops, the town is equipped with 40 battery compartments that consist of around 200,000 battery cells. The facilities can reserve 180,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity and release 180,000 kilowatt-hours at one time, meeting the daily needs of 24,000 households.
A homegrown smart power dispatching system has been applied for the first time in the town.
"The system works as a smart brain for our power grid. It can predict when the wind is the heaviest and when the sunshine is the strongest, as well as power consumption of residents. It can ensure green power supply by automatically arranging the operations of wind and solar power facilities and reserve stations and dispatching power in real time," said Wang Erqing, deputy director of the Power Dispatching and Control Center of State Grid Yinchuan Power Supply Company.
Since 2024, the town has achieved an annual supply of 566 million kilowatt-hours of green electricity, saving 69,500 tons of coal, and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 192,700 tons, with the utilization efficiency of new energy exceeding 95 percent.
Clean energy program turns arid town in northwest China into green power hub
