On April 17, Mr. Tang Fuping, China Minmetals Chairman and Party Secretary, called on Mr. Peng Qinghua, Secretary of Sichuan Provincial CPC Committee. The two sides held in-depth friendly talks and reached a consensus on how to develop the China Minmetals’ affiliated enterprises in Sichuan, how to deepen the cooperation in related fields, and how to promote the high-quality economic and social development of Sichuan.

Tang expressed his gratitude to the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government for their strong support for China Minmetals and its affiliated enterprises in Sichuan for a long time, and introduced the development strategy and comprehensive advantages of China Minmetals. He pointed out that China Minmetals is one of the three state-owned enterprises with a financial full license and has the strong capacity of investment, financing and resource allocation, who is committed to building a world-class metal mining enterprise group. Since the strategic recombination of the former China Minmetals and the MCC Group, ever two of the world's top 500 enterprises, the new China Minmetals has taken the lead in opening up the whole industry chain from resource acquisition to exploration, design, construction, mining, mineral processing, smelting, logistics and trade, with the expanding business scale and the improving economic benefit.

Tang said there is a long history for the development of the China Minmetals’ affiliated enterprises in Sichuan, especially for the urban construction of Chengdu and Panzhihua. During the long-term cooperation a deep friendship has been formed between China Minmetals and Sichuan province with the successful localization of enterprises in Sichuan promoting the common development of both the enterprises and the local government. In recent years, the development achievements of Sichuan Province are exciting with a huge potential and the expecting prospect of cooperation between the two sides. Therefore, the China Minmetals will make full use of the advantages of brand, technology, and capital to increase the number of projects under construction, to promote projects to be built, to actively seek new opportunities for cooperation, to expand new cooperation spaces, to participate in Sichuan's economic construction in many fields, and to continue to take deep root in Sichuan, contributing new strength for the high-quality development of Sichuan economy and society.

Peng warmly welcomed Mr. Tang's attendance at 2019 Well-known Chinese and Foreign Enterprises’ Visit to Sichuan, fully affirmed the outstanding contributions made by China Minmetals and its affiliated enterprises in Sichuan to the economic and social development of Sichuan Province, and sincerely thanked China Minmetals for its long-term attention and support to Sichuan. He pointed out that Sichuan, as a large province with population, economy, resources, science and education, is rich in natural resources, solid in industrial base, advantageous in geographical location, and strong in market radiation, providing a broad cooperation space for China Minmetals. In this sense, it is hoped that China Minmetals will make full use of its own advantages to not only promote the rapid and better construction of existing projects,but further increase the distribution of investment in Sichuan aligning with the provincial major strategic plans. The deepen cooperation between China Minmetals and Sichuan Province is expected on the construction of the"5+1"Modern Industrial System, the rural revitalization, the new urbanization, the modern service industries, the headquarters economy, the major infrastructure and the open platform construction, etc., to promote the high-quality economic and social development in Sichuan Province with mutual positive contributions.

Before the meeting, China Minmetals signed two projects "Future Eco-City" and "Electronic Information Industry Functional Base" in "2019 Well-known Chinese and Foreign Enterprises’ Visit to Sichuan".

Mr. Wang Minghui, Member of Sichuan Provincial Standing Committee and Secretary-General , Mr. Liu Jie, Deputy Director of the Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee attended the meeting, together with Mr. Luo Qiang, Deputy Secretary of Chengdu Municipal CPC Committee, Mr. Luo Qiang, Director of the Sichuan Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Mr. Chen Xinyou, Director of the Department of Economy and Information Technology, Mr. Chen Guanghao, Director of the Bureau of Economic Cooperation, as well as the relevant personnel from the headquarters and direct enterprises of China Minmetals including Xue Fei, He Jianbo, Cheng Huanqiang, Pan Biyi, Li Shengjian, Guo Zelin.