Visiting Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said Saturday in Beijing that his country is ready to export electricity to China's western region.

He also invited Chinese electricity companies to supply equipment to Kyrgyzstan and participate in the development of its power grids.

The Kyrgyz president told a China-Kyrgyzstan business forum that his country has the third largest hydropower resources in the Commonwealth of Independent States and is able to export 142 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity a year.

"However, only 10 percent of the power resources has been tapped," said Bakiyev, hoping Chinese electricity companies to provide facilities to his country and join in the development and upgrading of its electric power system.

Source: Xinhua