With 16 nuclear power units in operation and a total installed capacity of 17.09 million kilowatts, China General Nuclear Power Corporation(CGN) becomes the world's fifth-largest nuclear power company after those in France, Russia, America and South Korea, CGN announced Tuesday at a press conference.

At the same time, CGN continues to maintain its position as the largest builder of nuclear power in the world, with 12 nuclear units making up a total installed capacity of 14.65 million kilowatts still in construction, which account for one fifth of the global nuclear power currently under construction.

Yuan Changhong, spokesman of CGN said that adding the new energy generating capacity, the Group's total installed electricity capacity in operation has reached 31.23 million kilowatts, an increase of 33.8 percent on last year. CGN is also becoming an important solar and wind power company in China.

As the largest builder of nuclear power plants in the world, CGN set a target of constructing five nuclear power units in a year in China. Guo Zonglin, deputy general manager of Nuclear Engineering Division, said that multiple nuclear power units currently under construction use third generation technology, which brings the construction up to the international advanced level.

China's nuclear power industry has also made a major breakthrough in terms of internationalization in 2015. Yuan Changhong said that taking CGN as an example, the company signed an investment agreement for a new nuclear power project in the U.K. with France’s EDF in October. The Bradwell project will adopt the domestic-developed third generation technology from nuclear power brand Hualong No.1 (HPR 1000), which demonstrates how China's nuclear power technology has been recognized by European countries.