The Turgusun Hydropower Project, with a total installed capacity of 24.9MW, is designed according to Chinese standards and all electromechanical equipment used in the Project are manufactured by Chinese companies, which effectively drives Chinese standards and devices to go global. The Project is the first operated project in the field of hydropower under the framework of China-Kazakhstan production cooperation since the Belt and Road Initiative was proposed. President Xi Jinping referred to it as a “major strategic project” in his signed article.