On the afternoon of November 12, 2024, Chen Dexin, President and Deputy Party Group Secretary of China Minmetals, met with Yang Xiuli, Party Committee Secretary of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture (hereinafter referred to as "Ili Prefecture") in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The two sides had in-depth exchanges on further deepening cooperation.

Chen Dexin extended a warm welcome to Yang Xiuli and his delegation and briefly introduced the development history and basic status of China Minmetals. Chen noted that China Minmetals had always followed the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and kept in mind its original mission of "serving and reinvigorating the country through the metals and minerals industry". He said that China Minmetals had taken the lead in opening up a whole industry chain channel from resource acquisition to exploration & survey, design & construction, mining & beneficiation, smelting & processing, and to trade & logistics and formed a business system mainly composed of metals & minerals, metallurgical construction, trade & logistics, and finance & real estate. Besides, it has actively fulfilled its responsibility for ensuring the supply and security of national metal and mineral resources and accelerated its efforts in building a world-class powerhouse with global competitiveness in the metals and minerals industry. At present, it is thoroughly implementing the guiding principles of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, continuously enhancing its core functions and improving its core competitiveness. It is also focusing on playing the "three roles" of central state-owned enterprises ("central SOEs" for short) in technological innovation, industrial control and safety support. Besides, it is launching the activity themed on "working hard for 60 days and striving for excellent performance throughout the year" on all fronts, for the purpose of continuously promoting its high-quality development and making its own contributions to the steady and sound development of the economy. Since China Minmetals attaches great importance to its strategic cooperation with Ili Prefecture. Chen hoped that both sides could further strengthen communication and coordination, give full play to their respective advantages and identify the entry point for cooperation. He also hoped that they could deepen cooperation in mineral resource exploration & development, trade & logistics, finance and other fields, achieve coordinated development, mutual benefit and win-win results, and jointly write a new chapter in the large-scale development of western China in the new era.

Yang Xiuli expressed his gratitude to China Minmetals for its strong support to the economic and social development of Ili Prefecture over the long term, and briefly introduced the basic situation of Ili Prefecture. He stated that Ili Prefecture, as a gateway for China's westward opening up, had abundant mineral resources, owned prominent advantages in ports, and held broad prospects for strategic cooperation with China Minmetals. He hoped that both sides could further strengthen communication and exchanges. He also hoped that they could expand the fields of cooperation, increase the depth of cooperation and elevate the level of cooperation. To be specific, he hoped that they could jointly transform the resource advantages of Ili Prefecture into economic advantages and achieve mutually beneficial and win-win development.

The meeting was attended by Zhu Kebing, Party Group Member and Senior Vice President of China Minmetals, and Zhu Dagang, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Executive Deputy Governor of Ili Prefecture, and other participants included relevant officials from Ili Prefecture, as well as heads of relevant departments and affiliated enterprises of China Minmetals.