On the afternoon of May 26, Chen Dexin, Party Group Secretary and Chairman of China Minmetals, met with Gu Gang, Vice Governor of Hainan Province, and his delegation. The two sides exchanged views on deepening the cooperation between central state-owned enterprises and local governments. Xu Jiqing, Party Group Member and Senior Vice President of China Minmetals, attended the meeting. 

Chen Dexin extended a warm welcome to Gu Gang and his delegation and provided an overview of China Minmetals' development. He stated that since its founding in 1950, China Minmetals has consistently upheld its founding mission of "serving and reinvigorating the country through the metals and minerals industry". The company has evolved from a specialized foreign trade entity into a globally competitive metals and minerals conglomerate, establishing a business system focused on metals & minerals, metallurgical engineering, technology development, trade & logistics, financial services and real estate. China Minmetals and Hainan Province have a solid foundation for cooperation, and have carried out all-round cooperation in the fields of headquarters economic construction, trade and logistics, engineering construction, and real estate development. In particular, since the meeting on March 17 this year, the cooperation between the two sides has been accelerated. China Minmetals will further strengthen strategic cooperation and exchanges with Hainan Province, and continuously expand the areas of cooperation between the two sides for mutually beneficial and win-win development.

Gu Gang thanked China Minmetals for its contribution to Hainan's economic and social development, and introduced the progress of the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port. He said that Hainan has obvious advantages in policy, location and environment, and is making every effort to promote the construction of a free trade port with Chinese characteristics. He expressed hope that both sides would deepen cooperation in areas such as foreign trade, import and export, commodity structure upgrading in trade, and centralized operation of cross-border funds, so as to yield more results. Hainan will, as always, provide high-quality services for the development of enterprises of China Minmetals in Hainan.

Officials from the Hainan Provincial Government, leaders of China Minmetals' head offices and directly-managed enterprises attended the meeting.