SP and its subsidiaries have achieved a lot in international operation, greatly enhanced corporate development, technology and management through importing large amounts of funds, technology, equipment and managerial experience, and made China’s power industry as an important part in international power market. After positive international trading, overseas project contracting and deploying labors overseas, SP has greatly enlarged its international trading and bi- or multi-lateral cooperation. 

In 2000 SP outlined the strategy of going overseas, and scheduled strategic objectives for SP’s internationalization, in order to step into international power and capital markets through various channels and to gradually build SP into an influential trans-national power group. 

In 2000 SP signed its first overseas BOT project in Kampuchea, and invested to develop power projects in various countries and areas, such as Georgia, Vietnam and Kenya. SP plans to possess overseas units with 1000 MW installed capacity within five years. At present about 50 sub-corporations of SP have rights of overseas operating, the total contract value has reached 2 billion US $, and its business scatters among over 40 countries and areas in Asia, Africa, Europe, America and Oceania, covering designs and constructions in hydro-power stations, thermal plants, power transmission and transformation projects, as well as construction on highways and bridges. SP’s subsidiaries have opened 18 branches or offices in more than 10 countries and regions, such as Pakistan and Thailand. Now SP is going through formalities to open SP (US) Corporation, and will establish liaison agencies in Southeast Asia, Middle Asia, Europe and Africa. 

SP has established extensive exchanges with governmental responsible departments, corporations, research institutes and academic organizations of various countries and regions. With frequent exchanges and cooperation, SP has attended International Dam Conferences, International Large Power Grid Conferences, Global Energy Conference, International Electrician Conference, and other related meetings. SP has signed 36 cooperative agreements, 11 exchange memorandums and 8 understanding memorandums with concerned parties and corporation in 19 countries and areas, which has greatly improved mutual development of Chinese and foreign power industries.

 SP will focus on the following strategies in the future: to enlarge overseas investment, with priorities on overseas power source and power-related projects; to enhance unified management of overseas agencies, and to increase the required investment for SP overseas branches; to positively explore international markets of project contracting, design consultancy supervision, and laboring exporting and deploying, and to strive for national export credits to promote exports of domestic technology and  electrical products; to attempt total contract in the name of SP; to create the unified brand of China SP; and to primarily realize SP’s trans-national operation.