Beijing IWHR Technology Co., Ltd. is an advanced and newtechnology enterprise, founded on December 23, 2004, a joint venture between China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR) and China Three Gorges Corporation (CTGC).The company is formed on the basis of the original Department of Automation and Department of Hydraulic Machinery of IWHR, and the staff are the optimum composition of all technical and the management backbones.
By the end of December 2018, the number of employees in the company had reached 281, including 94 with master's degree or higher ones, 144 with bachelor degree. There are 31 professor-lev-el engineers, 55 senior engineers and 54 engineers. One of thestaff is entitled to the Special Allowance of the State Council ofChina and another one enlisted by the New Century Talents Projectof the country.
The company's primary business are the research and develop-ment of technologies and manufacturing of facilities for computer monitoring and the centralized control of water resources, hydro- power and renewable energy projects, including turbine governor, auxiliary control system, hydrological monitoring and forecasting system, reservoir dispatching automation, information application system, hydraulic machinery and electromechanical equipment, generation unit operation support, hydro-mechanical experimenta-tion as well as system integration, EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) and related consultancy and services.