But can they add a worthy CATCH PHRASE to finish ? <| sep |> Of interest hereConstruction of the 1 , 000 megawatt coalfired power plant at the centre of Thursday ' s accident began in Fengcheng in late 2015 and was expected to be finished in November 2017 . Provincial officials held a televised news conference late Thursday at which they bowed to express condolences to the workers ' families . The cause of the collapse is under investigation . Hundreds of coalfired power plants are under construction in China . Beijing has vowed to solve a looming problem of power oversupply and cap greenhouse gas emissions in the medium term , but economic planners said earlier in November they intend to boost coal power generation capacity by a fifth over the next five years , or the equivalent output of hundreds of new coalfired plants .