The first hydropower plant in China’s history is now a historical site. The Shilongba plant, located not far from the provincial capital of Kunming in Yunnan, has been reliably generating electricity since 1912. With turbines and generators from the Heidelberg-based Voith Group, a German company supplied the necessary technology to the country even back then. In 2018, the People’s Republic added Shilongba to the national list of industrial assets worth protecting.