From March 3 to 10, 2012, Hong Bo, chairwoman of CITIC Construction, visited four South American countries--Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Paraguay. During her trip, she held talks with the local governments and partners, thus further promoting the company’s business operations in the four countries. Fan Zheng, vice president of CITIC Construction accompanied Hong and attended the relevant activities and meetings.
On the afternoon of March 6, 2012, Chen Xiaojia, vice president of CITIC Construction met with Koob, director of Russia Machinery Group (RMG) and Shmatov, CEO of Basic Element Cement Company in Beijing and exchanged ideas on matters concerning cement line construction and partnership establishment.
On March 9, 2012, the “Press Release Conference for the Results of the CCCME Corporate Credit Rating” was held in Beijing. As a result, CITIC Construction won the highest credit rating of “3A” for overseas complete engineering enterprises, with a validity period of three years.
Seven months after the Angolan president cut the ribbon for the first batch of K.K. blocks of the Southern Africa Regional of CITIC Construction, the first group of households resettled in K.K New Town. On February 15, 2012, Angola Daily, with full-page coverage, reported “We were fortunate to witness the joy of people finally realizing their dream of settling down in a modern and safe city.”
On February 6, 2012, the dispatch ceremony for the first batch of trains for Buenos Aires Subway Line A was held in Shanghai. Fan Zheng, vice president of CITIC Construction, together with leaders and staff representatives of relevant entities, attended the ceremony. The delivery of the two stainless steel metro trains marks a new stage in the project of exporting China’s large complete electromechanical equipment to Argentina.
On February 6, 2012, Hong Bo, chairwoman of CITIC Construction, met with a delegation led by Gulomjon Ibragimov, Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan. The two sides exchanged views on the cooperation between CITIC Construction and Uzbekistan National Chemical Corporation in already existing projects and developments for new projects.
On the night of February 5, 2012, “My Dream”, a large-scale drama of the prestigious China Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe (CDPPAT) was performed. It was organized by the Chinese embassy in Angola, undertaken by the China Chamber of Commerce of Angola and co-organized by CITIC Construction Co., Ltd. As a result, their performance caused a great sensation in Luanda, the capital city of Angola.
At 6 p.m. January 30, 2012, as part of the Angola RED 100,000-suite project, contracts for building 5,000 suites in Kilamba Kiaxi (K.K.), 6,000 suites in Benguela, 4,000 suites in Namibe and 11,000 suites in Lubango, and the supplementary agreement on building 8,000 suites in Zango were signed in Sonangol’s headquarters, with a total value of 1.704 billion U.S. dollars. Manuel Domingos Vicente, Minister for Economic Coordination and president of Sonangol of Angola and Liu Guigen, vice president of CITIC Construction signed the contracts on behalf of Sonangol and CITIC Construction.
On December 29, 2011, Chen Xiaojia, vice president of CITIC Construction Co., Ltd., headed for the Belarusian embassy in China to make an official visit to the Belarusian Ambassador, Burya Victor. The two parties cordially exchanged views on cooperation and reached extensive consensuses.
On December 29, 2011, Vladzimir Garkun, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus, inspected the coal receiving system of the new cement line of Krasnoselskstroymaterily Plant of CITIC Construction Co., Ltd. In the Plant’s central control room, he personally pressed the button to start up the rotary kiln and watched the on-site operations video.
