Yu Jianfeng, the chairman of China’s state-owned China National Nuclear Corporation, has said his company is willing to help Uzbekistan as the country prepares to build its first commercial nuclear power station.

Yu told an energy forum in Uzbekistan that nuclear energy has played an important role in the economic and social development of the world and China.

He said global counterparts “need to cooperate with each other” to promote nuclear energy, adding that Uzbekistan has great potential for nuclear energy development, and CNNC is willing to work with Uzbekistan.