Sinohydro Corporation (Chinese: 中国水利水电建设集团公司) is a Chinese state-owned hydropower engineering and construction company. It is the world's largest hydroelectric company. [1] The company engages in architectural projects, electric power investment, house property and real estate, research and development, and design and manufacture of construction equipment.
It provides investment, project financing, consultation, and construction services. The company also engages in the manufacture and installation of mechanical and electrical plants.
It trades in water conservancy, power generation, expressway, railway, harbor and sea-route, airport, municipal public utility, and building industries.
The company was founded in 1950 and is based in Beijing, China. Sinohydro Corporation has operations in Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America.
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In 2011, Sinohydro acknowledged that its construction procedures used for the Bakun Dam in Sarawak, Malaysia were flawed. The admission came after Sarawak Report reported that Sinohydro had widely used a technique involving adding excessive water to cement, with potentially dangerous consequences. The Sarawak Report said its website was attacked after it published the report. [2] [3]