The first generating unit of the second-phase project of Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant in Haiyan County, in east China's Zhejiang province, was completed and brought into the local power grid Wednesday.

　　This is China's first domestically-designed and constructed nuclear power plant and it marks a milestone in the development ofthe country's nuclear power technology, experts said.

　　The total investment of the second-phase project amounts to 14.8 billion yuan (1.79 billion U.S. dollars) and from June 2002 it aims to send four billion kwh of power annually to the east China power grid.

　　The second-phase project of Qinshan nuclear power plant startedoperation in 1996.

　　The first-phase project of the Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant is in sound condition after 10 years of safe operation. Over the pastdecade, the plant has produced nearly 17 billion kilowatt-hours ofelectricity.