On July 18, Zhu Kebing, President of China Minmetals, met with Lu Jing, President and Vice Chairman of Standard Chartered Bank China, and her delegation, and the two sides had in-depth exchanges on further expanding business cooperation areas.

Zhu Kebing extended a warm welcome to Lu Jing and her delegation and briefly introduced the development history and operational profile of China Minmetals. Zhu said that since its founding in 1950, China Minmetals has evolved from a specialized foreign trade entity into a globally competitive metals and minerals conglomerate, establishing a business system focused on metals & minerals, metallurgical engineering, technology development, trade & logistics, financial services and real estate, enjoying the advantage of integrated industry chain, and its business covers more than 60 countries and regions around the world. China Minmetals enjoys prosperous and sound development. 

Standard Chartered Bank is one of the earliest foreign-invested banks to enter China, and boasts comprehensive advantages in deeply integrating into China’s market and connecting global resources. It is hoped that the two sides will further strengthen communication and exchange, and discuss cooperation in multiple fields together, such as technology finance, bond issuance, and cross-border trade, etc. thus achieving mutual benefits and win-win results with an open attitude.

Lu Jing thanked China Minmetals for its care and support, and introduced its development history. She said that Standard Chartered Bank attaches great significance to the cooperation with Chinese enterprises. Based on its profound experience of localized operation, Standard Chartered Bank has established long-term and stable cooperation with many Chinese enterprises. Standard Chartered Bank will, based on its advantages in global network and cross-border financial services, continue to innovate financial service modes, and strive to improve the quality and efficiency of financial services focusing on the needs of China Minmetals, thus helping China Minmetals “go global” and contributing its share to China’s Minmetals high-quality development.

Relevant personnel from Standard Chartered Bank China, and leaders from the relevant headquarters departments of China Minmetals, and directly managed subsidiaries attended the meeting.