On November 26, Zhu Kebing, Deputy Party Group Secretary, Director and President of China Minmetals, held talks with Qin Chuncheng, Secretary of the Hechi Municipal Party Committee of Guangxi, and Wang Jun, Mayor of Hechi City, in Hechi, Guangxi. The two sides conducted in-depth exchanges on further deepening the cooperation between central state-owned enterprises and local governments and promoting the high-quality development of the non-ferrous metal and critical metal industry in Guangxi.

Zhu Kebing expressed gratitude to Hechi City for its strong support to China Minmetals and gave a brief overview of China Minmetals' history and operations..He noted that guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, China Minmetals firmly undertakes the original mission of contributing to human progress through developing the mining industry, continuously enhances the core function of guaranteeing the supply and security of national metal mineral resources, and has formed a complete industrial chain development advantage integrating resource exploration, design and construction, development and operation, smelting and processing, trade and logistics, scientific and technological research and development, and financial capital. It is accelerating the construction of a world-class metal mineral enterprise group with global competitiveness. Hechi City, rich in non-ferrous metal mineral resources, demonstrates robust economic and social development momentum and possesses a solid foundation in the mining industry, which is in line with the development strategy of China Minmetals. The two sides have broad cooperation space in resource exploration and development, scientific and technological innovation, industrial upgrading, environmental governance, financial services and engineering construction. China Minmetals attaches great importance to cooperation with Hechi City and will give full play to its advantages in the complete industrial chain of metal minerals to contribute to the economic and social development of Hechi City and the accelerated construction of the Nandan Key Metals High-Quality Development Comprehensive Pilot Zone.

Qin Chuncheng and Wang Jun extended a warm welcome to Zhu Kebing and his delegation, and introduced the relevant arrangements and latest progress of Hechi City in promoting the high-quality development of the non-ferrous metal and critical metal industry. Qin Chuncheng said that the construction of the Nandan Key Metals High-Quality Development Comprehensive Pilot Zone is a major political task entrusted to Hechi by the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region and also a major opportunity for Hechi City to build a strategic highland of critical metals. Hechi City is advancing various tasks of the pilot zone construction with high standards and high quality, and hopes that China Minmetals will give full play to the advantages of central enterprises, and the two sides will continue to deepen cooperation to jointly promote the high-end, intelligent, green, large-scale and park-based development of the critical metal industry. Wang Jun said that China Minmetals has made positive contributions to the development of the non-ferrous metal industry in Hechi City for a long time. The government of Hechi City will continue to provide policy support and factor guarantees for the development of various businesses of China Minmetals in Hechi City, strengthen overall planning, improve service levels, optimize the business environment, and strive to achieve more cooperation results.

Relevant heads of Hechi City and China Minmetals attended the talks.