On July 13, Weng Zuliang, Party Group Secretary and Chairman of China Minmetals, met with Xu Zengde, Party Secretary and Chairman of China Certification & Inspection Group (hereinafter referred to as CCIC). The two sides conducted in-depth exchanges on further strengthening cooperation.

Weng Zuliang expressed his welcome to Xu Zengde and his delegation, and introduced the business achievements of China Minmetals in recent years. He said that China Minmetals has always followed the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, firmly undertaken the mission of serving and reinvigorating the country through mining industry, continued to strengthen, optimize and expand our core business, and continuously made new achievements in high-quality development of the enterprise. In 2021, China Minmetals gained operating revenue of over CNY 850 billion and reached a record high in total profit and net profit, with its total assets being over CNY 1 trillion. Since the beginning of this year, China Minmetals has conscientiously implemented the decisions and deployments of the CPC Central Committee, overcame multiple adverse effects, coordinated the various tasks of "stabilizing growth, fighting against the pandemic and ensuring safety", and continuously consolidated the company's steady and sound development trend.

Since the beginning of this year, China Minmetals has conscientiously implemented the decisions and deployments of the CPC Central Committee, overcame multiple adverse effects, coordinated the various tasks of "stabilizing growth, fighting against the pandemic and ensuring safety", and continuously consolidated the company's steady and sound development trend. CCIC is a well-known inspection, testing and certification enterprise group at home and abroad, and plays an important role in the implementation of the national strategies of "going global" and "bringing in". He hoped that on the basis of the existing friendly cooperation, the two parties could further strengthen communication and exchanges, focus on the core business of China Minmetals, give full play to the professional advantages of CCIC, achieve mutually beneficial and win-win development, and jointly contribute to the building of the new "dual circulation" development pattern.

Xu Zengde thanked Weng Zuliang for his warm reception and gave an overview of CCIC. He said that CCIC, founded in 1980, is a comprehensive quality service organization that focuses on the core business of "standardization, inspection, testing, and certification". It has three major business platforms: China Certification & Inspection Group Inspection CO., LTD.; China Quality Certification Center; and China Certification & Inspection Group CCIC Testing Technology CO., LTD. Its overseas organizations cover more than 30 countries and regions. CCIC is willing to further strengthen communication with China Minmetals, deepen strategic cooperation, and seek mutual benefits and win-win results.

Wang Shilei and Chen Jianguang, Vice President and Party Group Member of China Minmetals, and Wang Hong, Vice President and Member of the Party Committee of CCIC attended the meeting. Other accompanying persons include relevant principals of CCIC, namely Niu Xiaotong, Chen Qiang, Song Xiangdong, Li Guozhen, Lu Rong, Zhang Zhonghai and Li Jing, and heads of relevant headquarters departments and directly-managed enterprises of China Minmetals, namely Zeng Gang, Xing Yan, Xu Jiqing, Zhu Haitao and Zhu Jianguo, etc.