The base will incorporate wind, solar, hydro and energy storage capabilities, and will feed into an existing power line that transfers power generated in Laos to China's Yunnan province, and a second planned 500kV power line between the two.
Laos, a member of China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative, has already hosted significant infrastructure investment from China, including a recently-opened high speed railway line between the two countries.
The latest agreement, signed at the China-ASEAN Expo held in Nanning in southern Guangxi province, advances a memorandum of understanding on the proposed renewable energy base signed between CGN and the Lao government in October 2022.
Power exports to China have formed a key part of landlocked Laos' development strategy, with China Southern Power Grid Co taking a majority stake in the Laotian national power grid in 2020 to help develop the sector.
