The company has actively participated towards building the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a 3,000-km long route linking the Kashgar city of China to a Gwadar Port in Pakistan.
Under the frame of CPEC, The electric company built the first industrial park, the Rashakhai Special Economic Zone (SEZ), planned to cover an area of 4.04 km2.
[2] The electric company has been contracted to build a 233 MW power plant in the Sabal Province of East Malaysia.
[3] CNEEC was one of the two companies to be sanctioned by World Bank Group for 18 months, in October 2020 for fraudulent practices in Zambia.
[4][5] In June 2023, CNEEC was sanctioned by Asian Development Bank (ADB) for 24 months, due to fraudulent practices in one of its projects.