China Huaneng Group has signed 14 purchase agreements with a total contract worth of almost 2.9 billion yuan ($403.7 million) during the fifth China International Import Expo (CIIE), the company said on Sunday.

The purchase agreements; signed with cooperation partners including Hitachi Energy, Schaeffler and Exxon Mobil; cover intelligent high-end equipment and bulk commodities, and the products purchased will be applied to projects in Yunnan, Sichuan, Gansu and Inner Mongolia autonomous region to better promote clean development in the regions, it said.

According to Wen Shugang, chairman of China Huaneng Group, the company will continuously step up international cooperation on energy towards better energy security.

This is the fifth year the company participated in the CIIE, it said.