china everbright group vice-chairman and gm gao yunlong visits albania and israel

in an effort to further expand the overseas investment channels and international asset allocations, mr. gao yunlong, vice-chairman and general manager of china everbright group recently visited albania and israel to meet with senior local officials and have in depth conversations with them. mr. chen shuang, chief executive officer of china everbright limited (“cel”, stock code: 165.hk) has accompanied mr. gao for this visit.
 
in albania, mr. gao yunlong met with prime minister edi rama and ms. jiang yu, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the people's republic of china to the republic of albania, to discuss cel’s acquisition of tirana international airport (tia). during the meeting, mr. gao yunlong and mr. chen shuang thanked the albanian government and the chinese embassy in albania for their support in executing the project. they also discussed bilateral cooperation initiatives for the future.
 
cel announced its acquisition of the development and operational rights of tia this april. the project marks the starting point and foundation of future bilateral collaborations, where potential cooperative opportunities will be identified and developed in the airport sector and related industries such as aviation, tourism and logistics.

group photo with mr. edi rama, the prime minister of albania

meeting with ms. jiang yu, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the people's republic of china

during the visit to israel, mr. gao yunlong met separately with president reuven rivlin and the mayor of jerusalem, mr. nir barkat. discussions included the cel catalyst china israel fund’s investment projects in israel and their growth in the chinese market. the two sides also talked about technology trends and israel’s advantages in cutting-edge research and development.
 
israel is currently a very popular destination for chinese investors. cel’s catalyst china israel fund is central to the company’s israel growth strategy, leveraging a high investment threshold and professional investment team to succeed amidst a competitive market.
 
this visit made by mr. gao has demonstrated china everbright group’s full support to cel’s business strategy and development direction. in recent years cel has pursued an active overseas growth strategy. the company has focused in particular on restructuring opportunities by implementing international asset allocations. cel has invested in various remarkable overseas investment projects such as tirana international airport (albania), real imaging (israel), xjet (israel), lamina technologies (switzerland), ambrx (usa), and burke e porter machinery (usa), etc.

from left: mr. yair shamir, founding partner of cel catalyst china israel fund, mr. gao yunlong, vice-chairman and general manager of china everbright group, mr. reuven rivlin, president of israel and mr. chen shuang, ceo of cel

from left: mr. chen shuang, ceo of cel, mr. nir barkat, mayor of jerusalem and mr. gao yunlong, vice-chairman and general manager of china everbright group