LHASA, April 12 -- Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing has called on China Yajiang Group Co., Ltd. to fully shoulder its responsibility for engineering construction and comprehensively improve its operation and management capabilities.

Zhang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks while inspecting the group and a major hydropower project in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region from Friday to Sunday.

During his visit to the construction site and the group's headquarters, Zhang emphasized building the hydropower project in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River into a major landmark project of the new era. He urged strict adherence to quality and safety standards, as well as ecological and environmental protection requirements.

Zhang also stressed efforts to enhance the company's overall operation and management capabilities, urging all relevant parties to provide strong support for both the project's construction and the company's operations, so as to serve national strategies and boost Xizang's economic and social development.

China Yajiang Group was inaugurated in July 2025. It is a state-owned enterprise directly administered by the central government.