On December 8, Chen Dexin, Party Group Secretary and Chairman of China Minmetals, met with the visiting guest, Zhu Jian, Party Committee Secretary and Chairman of Guotai Haitong. The two sides exchanged views on further strengthening cooperation.

Chen Dexin expressed gratitude to Guotai Haitong for its long-term support. He said that China Minmetals takes guaranteeing the supply and security of national metal mineral resources as its responsibility, adheres to the aspiration of contributing to human progress through developing the mining industry. It has comprehensively enhanced the security guarantee capability of strategic mineral resources in all links of "exploration, production, supply, storage and marketing", and formed a layout of six major business segments, namely metals & minerals, metallurgical construction, high-tech industry, trade & logistics, and finance & real estate. China Minmetals has a long history of cooperation with Guotai Junan Securities and Haitong Securities, and has established a solid financial service cooperation relationship. After Guotai Junan and Haitong Securities merged to form Guotai Haitong, the company is now drawing a new blueprint for high-quality development with a "new strategy", "new culture" and "new structure". China Minmetals Corporation aspires to integrate its advantages in the full industrial chain integration of metal and mineral resources with Guotai Haitong Securities' strengths in financial empowerment. Centering on strengthening core functions and enhancing core competitiveness, it will forge new paths and secure fresh achievements in such areas as mineral resource security, industrial optimization and collaborative technological innovation. Together, the two parties will inject strong impetus into financial services boosting technological innovation, real economy development and the construction of a modern industrial system.

Zhu Jian said that the merger and reorganization of Guotai Junan and Haitong Securities into Guotai Haitong is a concrete practice of implementing the guiding principles of the Central Financial Work Conference and building a financial power. It also represents a key initiative to accelerate the development of a world-class investment bank with international competitiveness and market leadership. After the merger, the combined entity has achieved comprehensive leadership in total assets, customer base, and service scope, with a number of indicators ranking first in the industry, thus boasting an even stronger foundation and capacity to serve clients. Currently, Guotai Haitong is optimizing asset integration efficiency, speeding up transformation and reform, and focusing on delivering results in the "five major areas". With a long-standing cooperative history and profound friendship, the two sides shoulder important missions together. It is hoped that they will strengthen communication and comprehensive connection, give full play to their respective professional capabilities, and elevate their pragmatic strategic cooperation to a new height.

Relevant heads of Guotai Haitong and China Minmetals attended the meeting.