The signing ceremony of a social housing project of 35,000 houses in Mozambique was held in Maputo Gloria International Conference Center at 9:00 a.m. on July 17, 2019. Chen Xiaojia, Chairman of CITIC Construction, and Alemindo, President of Mozambique 35,000 housing co. ltd. signed the EPC general contract of the project on behalf of China and Mozambique. Liu Xiaoguang, the Business Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Mozambique, and Joao Machatine, Minister of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources of Mozambique witnessed the moment together.
Chen Xiaojia, Chairman of CITIC Construction, attended and addressed the 2019 China International Fertilizer Conference as President of China Agricultural Association for International Exchange (CAAIE) upon invitation on the morning of July 9, 2019.
Chen Xiaojia, Chairman of CITIC Construction met with Dr. Alan Belfield, Chairman of ARUP, Michael Kwok, Chairman of East Asia Region, James Kenny, Head of Global Affairs and others in London, the United Kingdom (UK) on June 26th, 2019.
On June 25, 2019, João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, President of Angola, visited the Lubango RED Housing Project in Kilamba New City and unveiled the first housing handover at the opening ceremony. Li Zhengquan, Vice President of CITIC Construction and General Manager of its Africa Division, participated in related activities.
At 10 a.m. on June 20, 2019, the signing ceremony of the project of promoting paddy production and rice export in Cambodia was held in the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Cambodia. Chen Xiaojia, Chairman of CITIC Construction, and Pan Sorasak, Minister of Commerce of Cambodia, signed the EPC contract of the project on behalf of China and Cambodia, with an amount of about $320 million. Wang Wentian, Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia; Commercial Counsellor Li An; Aun Pornmoniroth, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance; and Vongsey Vissoth, Secretary of State for the Ministry of Finance witnessed this historic moment.
On May 24, 2019, Chen Xiaojia, Chairman of CITIC Construction paid a courtesy call on Hamilton Mourão, Vice President of Brazil, who came to Beijing to chair the 5th meeting of China-Brazil High Level Coordination and Cooperation Commission.
On May 23, 2019, Askar Mamin, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, inspected the Kazakh reconstruction project of state-owned highways run by CITIC Construction, including the Taldykorgan-Ust-Kamenogorsk highway (the TKU Project) and the Karaganda-Balkhash highway (the KB Project). Yang Jianqiang, Vice President of CITIC Construction, made work reports on the spot.
On May 21st, 2019, the inauguration ceremony of the aluminum profile factory invested by CITIC Alumínio (Angola) Co., Ltd. was held in the Luanda-Bengo Special Economic Zone (ZEE). Gong Tao, Chinese Ambassador to Angola, Li Yongjun, Counselor of Office of Economic and Commercial Affairs of the Chinese Embassy in Angola, Tao Yang, President of the CITIC Construction, Licínio Contreiras, Director of the Private Investment and Export Promotion Agency (AIPEX), and Carlos Neto André, Executive Director of the Luanda-Bengo ZEE attended the ceremony and cut the ribbon for it.
On May 13, 2019, Ana Paula Chantre Luna de Carvalho, Angolan Minister of Spatial Planning and Housing, João Baptista Borges, Minister of Energy and Water and Sérgio Luther Rescova Joaquim, Governor of Luanda Province, accompanied by Li Zhengquan, Vice President of the CITIC Construction and General Manager of its Africa Division, made a joint inspection to the Kilamba New City and the accessorial water purification and sewage treatment plants. Then a coordination meeting on the work of the Kilamba New City Project was held at the CITIC Construction’s Africa Division camp.
On May 7, the 7th Session of the 7th Council of China International Contractors Association (CHINCA) was held in Beijing. Representatives from the 48 vice-chairman members attended the meeting. Chen Xiaojia, Chairman of CITIC Construction and Vice Chairman of CHINCA was invited to attend the meeting and gave a keynote speech.
