On December 15, Party Secretary and Chairman He Wenbo met a visiting delegation headed by Mark Slaughter, Managing Director of Citibank and Head of Corporate and Investment Banking (Asia Pacific). They exchanged views on further strengthening exchanges and cooperation. Shen Ling, Party Member and CFO of Minmetals, attended the meeting.

He Wenbo extended his welcome to Mr. Slaughter and his delegation, reviewed the history of friendly cooperation between Minmetals and Citibank, and highly appreciated the professionalism and agility of the Citibank team. He said that Minmetals is committed to becoming a state-owned capital investment company in the metal and mining industry and would like to expand and deepen cooperation with Citibank. Mr. Slaughter hoped that the two sides would further deepen communication and seek broader opportunities for cooperation, considering the long-standing, good relationship of cooperation between them.

The two parties also exchanged views on issues of common concern, including commodity market trends and the strategic restructuring between Minmetals and China Metallurgical Group Corporation.

Catherine Cai, Managing Director of Citibank, Chairman and Head of China Investment Banking; James Hu, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of China Investment Banking; Jason Johnson, Managing Director, Co-head of Asian Energy Division, and Head of Asian Metal, Mining and Chemical Division; Director Alain Ding; Mick Wang, Senior Associate Director of Citibank Corporate Banking (Northern China); and Zhang Ye, Director of General office & Party Group Office & Board Office; Yu Bo, General Manager of the Financial Division; and Xue Fei, General Manager of the Investment Banking Division of Minmetals; were also present at the meeting.