On the morning of October 24, the ESG China Innovation Annual Conference (2025) and the first Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) International Exposition was held in Shougang Park. Weng Jieming, vice-chairperson of the Financial and Economic Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and Member of the NPC Standing Committee, Peng Huagang, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and vice-chairperson of the Population, Resources and Environment Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) attended the conference. Chen Dexin, Party Group Secretary, and Chairman of China Minmetals, was invited to attend the event and delivered a keynote speech. 

Chen Dexin pointed out that the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, against the backdrop of both domestic and international situations and guided by the strategic framework of the Five-Year Plan, has established the top-level design for economic and social development. In particular, it called for full, accurate, and comprehensive implementation of the new development philosophy, urged greater efforts to safeguard and improve people's livelihoods, accelerated the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, and advanced the building of a Beautiful China, charting the course for central state-owned enterprises to actively practice ESG principles. As one of the earliest state-owned enterprises to "go global," China Minmetals has, over its 75-year development journey, built a whole-industry-chain advantage that integrates resource exploration, design and construction, development and operation, smelting and processing, trade and logistics, scientific and technological industry, and financial capital. The Company is now moving faster toward its goal of becoming a world-class metal and mineral enterprise group. In recent years, China Minmetals has coordinated domestic and international resources to move toward higher-end, smarter, and greener production, providing robust support for economic growth and social development. Looking into the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, China Minmetals will actively build an international ESG support system, and provide "China Minmetals Solutions" to contribute its share to global sustainable development. It will continue to promote the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation, ensuring high-quality resource supply for high-quality development. Continuous efforts will be made to deepen reform and accelerate the implementation of ESG performance management. China Minmetals will strengthen connectivity, and enhance cooperation to build an ESG development community for the metal and mining industry. It will actively integrate into the global development landscape and build the image of a responsible major national enterprise.

The 2025 ESG Excellent Practice Cases was released at the conference. China Minmetals was selected as an outstanding case and was included in Supply Chain ESG Action Report (2025) and the ESG 50 list.

Participants included heads of relevant departments of China Minmetals.