On April 3, Mr. Guo Wenqing, China Minmetals’ President and Party Group Deputy Secretary and MCC Chairman, met with Langfang Deputy Party Secretary and Mayor Chen Ping in Sanhe. They conducted an on-site investigation on the mine environmental management area (Phase II), the site selection of the sports center and cultural park, and the reconstruction project of Yanyang Road. He held discussions with Han Zhanshan, member of the Standing Committee of Langfang Municipal CPC Committee and Sanhe Municipal Party Secretary, to exchange views and reach an agreement on the joint cooperation projects of mine restoration, headquarters building, national steel structure center and testing center, cultural park, sports venue, and metal and mining museum.
At the meeting, Mr. Guo first expressed his heartfelt thanks to Sanhe Municipal CPC Committee and Government for their long-term care and support for China Minmetals and MCC and briefed on the development of China Minmetals and MCC after the strategic recombination of the two of the world’s top 500 enterprises. He pointed out that, as large central enterprises, China Minmetals and MCC have worked to cultivate and expand the regional market and paid much attention to the long-term development of the region. While achieving their own development value, China Minmetals and MCC also provides assistance to the local social and economic development, fostering mutual benefits and win-win results between the government and enterprises. China Minmetals and MCC have given more priorities to the cooperation with Sanhe. Since the signing of the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in 2016, the two sides have pragmatically boosted the development and cooperation of projects. MCC Communication Construction Group and MCC Rail Transit Co., Ltd., two subsidiaries of MCC, have registered their headquarters in Sanhe. The relevant design and planning work for the agreement-based project is also moving faster.
Guo stressed that Sanhe, located in the core of the golden triangle of Beijing, Tianjin, and Tang, occupies an important position in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Integration and the Bohai Rim Economic Circle and has a solid foundation and good development prospects. The projects jointly promoted by the two sides, such as mine restoration, sports venues, cultural parks, transportation and municipal services, not only reflect the primary responsibility of Sanhe Municipal CPC Committee and Municipal Government for the sustainable and green development of Sanhe, but also demonstrate that they have attached high importance to the well-being of the people of Sanhe. They represent a political manifestation. At present, MCC has implemented the strategy of “national team for metallurgical construction, main force for basic construction, a leader in emerging industries, and the long-term pursuit of the road of high-tech and high-quality development.” MCC has achieved rich and outstanding results in rail transit, underground corridor, theme park, and large venues. In the near future, MCC will give full play to its advantages in planning, design, construction, operation, management, science and technology, and hold special meetings to further efficiently and intensively study the site selection and construction arrangement of the headquarters building, the national steel structure center and testing center, cultural park, sports venue, metal and mining museum, and other projects under the cooperation agreement. It will accelerate the pace, simplify the process, and strive for the early completion of all projects.
Han Zhanshan welcomed the on-the-spot research of Guo and his delegation for cooperation projects and briefed on the basic situation of Sanhe and the progress of related projects. He pointed out that with a long history and rich culture, Sanhe is adjacent to Tongzhou, Beijing. Its financial revenue is stable, and its economic strength has continuously ranked among the “Top 100 in China” and “Top 10 in Hebei.” He said that the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei is major decision-making made by the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core under new historical conditions and a major national strategy that General Secretary Xi Jinping personally planned, made and promoted. China Minmetals and MCC, as the first large central enterprises to enter Sanhe, have thoroughly implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speeches on proactively participating in the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei. In the past three years, China Minmetals and MCC have signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with Sanhe to carry out all-round and multi-field cooperation. Sanhe Municipal CPC Committee and Government have put high on their agenda their cooperation with China Minmetals and MCC. They will strictly abide by all commitments in the Strategic Cooperation Agreement concluded in 2016. Sanhe is willing to provide MCC with preferential conditions, services, and policies forever. In the next step, both sides will determine the project site as soon as possible, sign a project agreement in the near future, and speed up the construction of the metal and mining museum, headquarters building, cultural park, and sports venue, as well as research, experiment, and pilot test bases including, the National Steel Structure Engineering Technology Research Center, the National Steel Structure Quality Supervision and Inspection Center, and the China Training Base for World Skills Competition (Welding Project), so as to help Sanhe achieve leapfrog development.
Accompanying the investigation and discussions were relevant leaders of Sanhe including Wang Fenghai, Meng Jianzheng, Zhang Xiaoming, Cui Bangwen, Liu Yue, Li Zhiying, Lei Daqing, Li Hongwei, Gao Wei, Li Xuemin, Cui Xiaolong, Li Hongliang, and Wang Tao; Liu Caiming, China Minmetals’ Deputy General Manager, CFO, and Party Group member, and Jiao Jian, China Minmetals’ Deputy General Manager and Party Group member; Zhang Mengxing, Vice Secretary of the CPC Committee and President of MCC, and other relevant personnel including Wang Jionghui, Liu Fuming, Zhu Haitao, Han Guorui, Tang Zaorong, Zhu Jianguo, Wu Shaohui, Yu Zhaohui, Teng Haijun, Chen Gang, Leng Tiesong, Wang Wei, Zhang Yong, and Li Ruifeng.