By Renewable Energy Focus staff

“It would be difficult to overestimate the importance of this initial contract given the State Grid Corporation of China’s stated determination to build a smart grid in the areas it operates,” says Oliver Iltisberger, Landis+Gyr’s Executive Vice President, Asia Pacific region.

In March 2010, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao called for “pushing forward with building a smart grid” in an annual report to the National People’s Congress.