On January 14, China Minmetals held a working meeting with the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) in Beijing. Chen Dexin, Party Group Secretary and Chairman of China Minmetals, had in-depth discussions with Wang Zhiheng, President and Deputy Party Secretary of ABC. Tian Wei, a senior leader of China Minmetals, also attended the meeting.

Chen Dexin welcomed Wang Zhiheng and his delegation. He said that China Minmetals upheld its original mission of “serving and reinvigorating the country through the metals and minerals industry.” In addition, China Minmetals resolutely fulfilled its responsibility to ensure the supply and security of the nation’s metal and mineral resources, while accelerating its efforts to build a world-class metal and mining enterprise group with global competitiveness. In recent years, China Minmetals has thoroughly implemented the guiding principles of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speeches and instructions. It has focused on key tasks such as empowering industrial innovation through technological innovation, advancing the upgrading of industrial foundations and modernization of industrial chains, and enhancing the resilience and security of industrial and supply chains. It has worked to play its central role in technological innovation, industrial control, and security support. China Minmetals and the Agricultural Bank of China share a long history of cooperation and have maintained a close and enduring partnership in integrating industry and finance. It is hoped that the two sides, building on a new starting point, will comprehensively strengthen and deepen their strategic partnership in the new era. By thoroughly aligning and refining areas of business cooperation, they will build a partnership of greater vision, higher standards, and broader scope, better fulfilling their shared mission in this new era and on the new journey.

Wang Zhiheng expressed his gratitude to China Minmetals for its long-standing trust and support of the Agricultural Bank of China. He said that ABC remained committed to its fundamental mission of serving the real economy and is one of China’s commercial banks with the most extensive institutional coverage and strongest service capabilities. Building on its dedication to serving agriculture, rural areas, and farmers, ABC emphasizes its two positioning as a leading bank serving rural vitalization and a major bank serving the real economy. It is committed to excelling in five key areas: technology finance, green finance, inclusive finance, retirement finance, and digital finance. It is hoped that both parties would fully leverage their strong synergy between industry and finance, comprehensively plan for in-depth strategic cooperation from this new starting point, and work together to drive business development and fulfill their missions and responsibilities effectively.

Relevant personnel from China Minmetals and the Agricultural Bank of China attended the meeting.