On May 26, HE received the notification of award from the Pakistan Water & Power Development Authority, marking that all three of the 470MW Francis turbine generator units of the Tarbela 5th Extension Hydropower Project are supplied by Harbin Electric Machinery Company Limited. The project is another major breakthrough by HE in the overseas hydropower market after the Pakistan NJ Project, and also an international hydropower project with the largest unit capacity won by HE.

The award of the Tarbela 5th Extension Hydropower Project breaks the record of the largest unit capacity for HE's overseas hydropower projects, contributing to the construction of the “Belt and Road” and the “China-Pakistan Economic Corridor”.