Mr. Shen Bin paid a visit to delegation of Huai’an Municipal Party Committee led by Mr. Gu Kun (Deputy Secretary of Municipal Party Committee and Acting Mayor of Huai’an) and Wang Xianghong (Vice Mayor of Huai’an), Both sides exchanged in-depth views on strengthening cooperation between local government and enterprise, promoting the extension of Huaigang’s industrial chain, and maintaining competitiveness in special steel industry. Mr. Gong Sheng, Ms. Chen Shaohui and Mr. Ji Yongxin attended the visit.

Gu Kun extended a warm welcome to Shen Bin and his delegation, expressed his gratitude to Shagang Group and Huaigang Special Steel for their strong support for the development of Huai’an, and introduced the economic and social development of Huai’an in recent years. He said, “At present Huai’an is to deepen the practice of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s ardent entrustment of Huai’an 10 years to start again as the new starting point, focusing on creating a “green highland, new hub city”, the comprehensive construction of the modernized central city in the northern part of the Yangtze River Delta, a better display goal of the “significance of symbolism”. Huai’an city’s economic and social development has maintained an upward and positive trend Huaigang Special Steel is the pillar enterprise of Huai’an industrial economy, playing an important role and making important contributions to the city’s steady growth and development. It is hoped that Shagang Group will continue to optimize the industrial layout in Huai’an, accelerate transformation and upgrading, promote the early completion, early production and early achievements of key projects, and continuously lengthen the industrial chain, extend the value chain, and create an innovation chain. The local government will make all effort to ensure all the necessary factors, actively help enterprises solve problems so as to achieve win-win development for both government and enterprises.”

Shen Bin expressed his gratitude to the Municipal Party Committee and Government of Huai’an for their long-term care and support, congratulated Huai’an on its achievements in economic and social development, and introduced the production and operation situation of Shagang Group and Huaigang Special Steel. He pointed out, “Faced with the current complex international and domestic market environment, Shagang Group actively responds, trains its internal skills, solidifies its foundation, and accumulates momentum to empower. Huaigang Special Steel is an important part of the special steel business of Shagang Group. Its all indicators are moving forward steadily together with Shagang Group, towards the goal of “High-grade, Precision and Advanced products”. Shagang Group and Huaigang Special Steel will deeply study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech on inspecting Jiangsu, focus on scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement, continue to tackle stranglehold key problems and optimize product structure to create the core competitive advantage of the enterprise. We are willing to fully leverage our own advantages, strengthen the leading and driving role of leading enterprises, demonstrate new achievements in strengthening, supplementing, and extending the industry chain and supply chain, add impetus to the construction of the modern industrial system in Huai’an, make new contributions to the development of Premier Zhou’s hometown.