Asian Quality Electricity

BID's Quality Summit Award to Korea Electric Power Corporation in New York

Leadership in Quality — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:01:08 +0000

The General Manager and CEO of the New York office, Dong-Jun Kim, received the Quality Summit Award from the President of Business Initiative Directions, Jose E. Prieto.

Korea Electric Power, ranked 240th in the Fortune Global 500, has 20,898 employees and produces annual benefits of $24,8 billion. Headquartered in Seoul, the company’s assets amount to $73,9 billion. The General Manager and CEO of the New York office, Dong-Jun Kim, received the Quality Summit Award from the President of Business Initiative Directions, Jose E. Prieto, at BID’s Quality Convention in New York.

South Korea

Leadership in Quality — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:59:22 +0000

Flag of South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK) and often referred to as Korea, is a country in East Asia, located on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by China to the west, Japan to the east, and North Korea to the north. Its capital is Seoul, the second largest metropolitan city in the world and a major global city. South Korea lies in a temperate climate region with a predominantly mountainous terrain. Its territory covers a total area of 100,032 square kilometers and has a population of over 48 million, making it the third most densely populated (significantly sized) country in the world (after Bangladesh and Taiwan).
Archaeological findings show that the Korean Peninsula was occupied as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Korean history begins with the founding of Gojoseon in 2333 BC by Dan-gun. Following the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea under Silla 668 AD, Korea went through the Goryeo Dynasty and Joseon Dynasty as one nation until the end of the Korean Empire in 1910, when Korea was annexed by Japan. After liberation and occupation by Soviet and U.S. forces at the end of World War II, the nation was divided into North and South Korea. The latter was established in 1948 as a democracy. A war between the two Koreas ended in an uneasy cease-fire. After the war and a period of military rule, the South Korean economy grew significantly and the country was transformed into a major economy and a full democracy.
South Korea is a presidential republic consisting of 16 administrative divisions and is a developed country with a high standard of living. It has the fourth largest economy in Asia and the 15th largest in the world. The economy is export-driven, with production focusing on electronics, automobiles, ships, machinery, petrochemicals and robotics. South Korea is a member of the United Nations, WTO, OECD and G-20 major economies. It is also a founding member of APEC and the East Asia Summit, and a major non-NATO ally of the United States.

Electricity sector in China

Leadership in Quality — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:20:04 +0000

Electricity production in China

China’s electric power industry has changed dramatically since the early 1990s to become the world’s second-largest electricity consumer, after the United States. In April 1996, an Electric Power Law was implemented, a major event in China’s electric power industry. This law set out to promote the development of the electric power industry, to protect legal rights of investors, managers and consumers, and to regulate generation, distribution and consumption.
China has abundant energy. The country has the world’s third-largest coal reserves and massive hydroelectric resources. But there is a mismatch between the location of the coal fields in the north-east (Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning) and north (Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan); hydro power in the south-west (Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet); and the fast-growing industrial load centers of the east (Shanghai-Zhejiang) and south (Guangdong, Guangxi and Guizhou).