zhao wei, executive director and ceo of everbright meets with xu liyi, standing member of henan provincial party committee and secretary of zhengzhou municipal party committee
10 october 2019 – mr. zhao wei, executive director and chief executive officer of china everbright limited (“everbright”, stock code: 165.hk) led a team to zhengzhou to meet with mr. xu liyi, standing member of the henan provincial party committee and secretary of the zhengzhou municipal party committee, and other executives to facilitate a more in-depth discussion on the cooperation between everbright and the zhengzhou government.
during the meeting, mr. zhao shared an overview of the overall development of everbright in recent years, and the group's business developments in henan and zhengzhou. he also introduced the development progress made by the group’s four industrial platforms in zhengzhou, namely aircraft leasing, real estate investment, elderly care and the new economy. on behalf of the group and its business teams, he expressed gratitude for the support from the zhengzhou municipal party committee and government, in sharing the group’s development philosophy and areas of collaboration in henan.
mr. zhao mentioned that a cooperation agreement was signed between everbright group and the henan government earlier this year. for better consolidation of the group’s strategies, everbright wishes to enter a strategic collaboration agreement with the zhengzhou government, and the group endeavours to support related efforts. everbright has actively cooperated with several local governments while developing its four core industrial segments, and has gained extensive experience from it. through further collaboration with zhengzhou, the company looks forward to its contribution to the development of infrastructure in henan province and zhengzhou. in addition, the 2019 everbright investment conference will be held in zhengzhou in late october. the conference is not just a company gala, but is also an event that will increase the investment appeal in zhengzhou. he hopes that local governments will provide sufficient support to everbright going forward.
mr. xu liyi said that the company’s introduction was inspiring. everbright has seen transformation through forward-looking and strategic planning, and has large room for industry expansion. general secretary of the cpc xi jinping also recently visited henan. the province is adopting the targets and spirit that were promoted in the general secretary’s speech, to grow more competitive in such midland areas in order to spur higher growth. zhengzhou is transforming into a national central city and regional growth pillar. there are positive retail and cargo logistic factors, a commercial logistics base, urbanisation potential, as well as policy support for the yellow river, such as for the protection of the water quality and environmental development strategy, which provides plenty of room for future development. the strategies of everbright are highly compatible with zhengzhou, and they target to carry out all-round cooperation within various fields in the future.
in the meeting, mr. xu liyi focused on the development of everbright’s four major industrial sectors. he hopes the innovation of financial institutions can be enhanced and to support the industrial development. he encouraged strategic cooperation from both sides, as well as deepened collaboration in industries such as aviation, commercial real estate, elderly healthcare, the new economy and environmental protection, in order to materialise further quality projects. at the same time, he welcomed everbright coming to zhengzhou to hold its annual investment conference and promised that the local government would provide top-tier support.
other attendees at the meeting included mr. wang peng, standing member of the zhengzhou provincial party committee and executive deputy mayor; mr. niu weiguo, standing member of the municipal committee and secretary general; mr. zhao xinmin, director of the ministry of finance and party committee secretary; mr. kevin so, chief strategy officer of everbright; and mr. yang guang, party committee secretary of everbright bank zhengzhou branch and branch manager.
