Growth of demand for electrical equipment

Prior to 1910 the electric light and power industry in China was in an embryo stage. Practically all the plants which were supplied were of European manufacture and few, if any, turbo-generators had been considered. In 1910 an American company sold a 350-kw. turbo-generator to the Mukden Electric Light Co., the first to be supplied to China. Later, in the same year, an order was secured for a similar machine of 500-kw. capacity for the Changshun Electric Light Co. At the time of placing these orders they were considered revolutionary, as practically all previous plants installed had been driven by reciprocating engines.