When the company was formally established in 2011, a bunch of projects started construction, including the Bui Hydropower Station in Ghana, the Soubre Hydropower Station in Ivory Coast, and the Adama Wind Farm in Ethiopia.

"Stepping out of the ivory tower, one probably thought he's the smartest person in the world and knows everything.

Since 2014, Cambodia has seized several ivory tusks with the help of the Nuctech's technology.

Cowin Auto are exploring African markets including Madagascar, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso.

“Zhou Xiaochuan is a person of high integrity – an academic who does not live in an ivory tower, a policy maker with a strong sense of what is in the public interest, and a reformer who is bold and acts on the basis of a robust theoretical foundation,” said Joseph Yam, a member of the executive council of the government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.