China Southern Power Grid Company Limited was officially established and began operating on December 29, 2002. The company's power supply areas are Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Hainan, responsible for investing, constructing, and managing the southern regional power grid, operating related transmission and distribution businesses, and participating in investment, construction, and operation of cross regional power transmission, transformation, and networking projects; Engaged in power purchasing and sales business, responsible for power trading and scheduling; Engaged in domestic and foreign investment and financing business; Independently carry out foreign trade circulation management, international cooperation, foreign engineering contracting, and foreign labor cooperation. On July 20, 2016, Fortune released the Fortune Global 500 ranking, and China Southern Power Grid Co., Ltd. ranked 95th. In August 2016, China Southern Power Grid Co., Ltd. ranked 18th among the top 500 Chinese enterprises in 2016. On July 12, 2017, China Southern Power Grid Co., Ltd. was awarded Grade A in the 2016 business performance assessment by the State owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. 110th on the Fortune Global 500 list in 2018. On November 23, 2018, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences released the 2018 Corporate Social Responsibility Ranking, and China Southern Power Grid Co., Ltd. ranked 7th. In December 2018, the "2018 Top 500 World Brands" compiled by the World Brand Laboratory was released, ranking China Southern Power Grid at 293rd. The ± 800 kV ultra-high voltage direct current transmission demonstration project (Xiangjiaba Shanghai; Yunnan Guangdong) of State Grid Corporation of China and China Southern Power Grid Co., Ltd. won the commendation award at the 5th China Industrial Awards.