On April 10, President and Secretary of the Party Committee of the Group, Xu Siwei, met with the visiting Minister of Ministry of Mining of Zimbabwe Wiston Chitando and his delegation, and they exchanged and discussed how to further strengthen their cooperation. Vice General Manager of Sinosteel, Lu Pengcheng, accompanied them and attended the meeting.
Xu Siwei warmly welcomed Minister Wiston Chitando and his delegation for their visit, introduced the basic information and business structure of Sinosteel, reviewed the development course of Sinosteel Zimbabwe Chrome Industry and voiced his opinions on the further cooperation between the parties in the field of mineral products. Xu Siwei expressed that the heads of China and Zimbabwe met not long ago to promote the orientation of relationship between the two countries as a comprehensive strategic partnership relationship and promote the bilateral relationship to be better and better. Sinosteel was one of the earliest Chinese enterprises “going global”; the development of Sinosteel Zimbabwe Chrom Industry for years could not be achieved without the strong support of the Government of Zimbabwe, and new plans and new measures of Zimbabwean to promote the economy enabled the cooperative parties to be full of confidence and expectations. Sinosteel cherished the traditional friendship between them, was optimistic about the prospects for development in the field of mineral resources in Zimbabwe and was confident in increasing the investments in Zimbabwe, and sought for more cooperation opportunities and expected to further consolidate and expand the relevant business such as the chrome industry and coalbed methane development and promote the joint development of Zimbabwean mining and the economies of both countries under the support of Zimbabwe Government.
Minister Wiston Chitando thanked Sinosteel for its contributions to the economic construction in Zimbabwe for years, introduced the development status and key plans of Zimbabwe, expressed the expectations for Zimbabwe for further business expansion by Sinosteel and positively responded to the strategic plans in Zimbabwe. He expressed that China’s “The Belt and Road” Initiative was enjoying the popular support in Africa and that the cooperation between China and Africa was further deepened. Sinosteel Zimbabwe Chrome Industry was a symbolic project of the bilateral practical cooperation and a symbol of the friendship between the people of the two countries. The government of Zimbabwe would carefully study the cooperation demands put forward by Sinosteel to support the development of Sinosteel Zimbabwe Chrome Industry with greater efforts and further drive the economic development in Zimbabwe with the mineral development. He hoped that they would further strengthen the exchanges, promote the project to achieve the substantial progress and realize the mutual benefit and win-win situation.
Before the meeting, Lu Pengcheng accompanied the visitors to visit the Group’s exhibition hall and exchanged the opinions of the issueds related to the cooperation and planning with Zimbabwean delegation.
Director of Mineral Appreciation Department of Mining Ministry of Zimbabwe, counselor of the embassy of Zimbabwe in China and assistant minister, and the relevant persons in charge of Dongyue Investment and Sinosteel Zimbabwe Chrome Industry attended the meeting.
Meeting between the parties
Group photo in the exhibition hall