On December 17, the working exchange meeting between Guangzhou Industrial Investment Holdings Group (GIIHG) and China Railway No.9 Group was held in Shenyang, Liaoning. At the meeting, Sunward signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China Railway No.9 Group. Jing Guangjun, Party Secretary and Chairman of GIIHG, Zhang Liansheng, General Manager of China Railway No.9 Group, and Fu Xiangdong, Chairman of Sunward, attended and witnessed the signing.

        Zhang Jinquan, Deputy General Manager of GIIHG; Long Jucai, Deputy General Manager of Sunward; Xu Linsheng, Senior Advisor of Sunward; Cao Zimu, Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of China Railway No.9 Group; Liu Junfeng, Deputy General Manager and Chief Economist of China Railway No.9 Group; Ji Guangqing, General Manager of the Business Development Center of China Railway No.9 Group; Li Runwei, Director of the Materials and Equipment Department of China Railway No.9 Group; Jia Youquan, Director of the Science and Technology Innovation Department of China Railway No.9 Group; Meng Qingyi, Party Branch Secretary of the International Business Division of China Railway No.9 Group; and Xu Guangnan, Party Secretary of the Dalian Branch of China Railway No.9 Group, among others, attended the meeting.

        At the meeting, Zhang Liansheng, General Manager of China Railway No.9 Group, welcomed Chairman Jing and his delegation and introduced the company's basic situation. He stated that China Railway No.9 Group adheres to the path of "high-quality development and differentiated development" and has unique advantages in fields such as mining and mine construction, overseas engineering, and digital and intelligent construction. As a leading enterprise in Guangzhou's advanced manufacturing industry, GIIHG has broad cooperation space with China Railway No.9 Group and strong complementarity in industrial chains. He hoped that both sides would strengthen exchanges, carry out market-oriented diversified cooperation, innovate business models and cooperation areas, jointly explore domestic and international markets, and jointly promote high-quality development to a new level.

        Jing Guangjun, Chairman and Party Secretary of GIIHG, stated that GIIHG adheres to taking manufacturing as the main body and promotes business layout and development around new materials, core components, and high-end equipment. It insists on being based in Guangzhou, deeply cultivating the domestic market, exploring the international market, and striving to build a "world-class innovation-driven industrial investment group." As a representative of high-end manufacturing under GIIHG, Sunward has strong innovation capabilities, industry-leading complete mining equipment, and a broad overseas network layout. China Railway No.9 Group has achieved remarkable results over many years of development. He hoped that taking this signing as an opportunity, both sides would further strengthen communication and exchanges, face the market and customers, establish collaborative innovation and joint innovation platforms, explore new cooperation models, achieve win-win cooperation, and create greater value.

        Fu Xiangdong, Chairman of Sunward, reviewed the cooperation history between Sunward and China Railway No.9 Group, expressed gratitude for China Railway No.9 Group's long-term support, and briefly introduced Sunward's capabilities in customized product development and provision of solutions for special and difficult working conditions. Fu Xiangdong stated that the signing of this strategic cooperation is a new starting point for cooperation between the two sides, with promising prospects.

        The attendees spoke freely and held discussions and exchanges on topics such as strengthening project cooperation, promoting complementary advantages, and expanding cooperation areas. Witnessed by all attendees, Long Jucai and Liu Junfeng signed the strategic cooperation agreement on behalf of Sunward and China Railway No.9 Group respectively.

        China Railway No.9 Group is an important construction bureau under China Railway Group Limited, holding dual Grade-I qualifications in mine construction and blasting. Its mine construction business generates an average annual output value of over 10 billion yuan, making it a leading construction enterprise in Northeast China in terms of comprehensive strength. It currently has more than 20 branches and subsidiaries and more than 30 overseas projects. As an important partner of Sunward, China Railway No.9 Group began purchasing Sunward rotary drilling rigs, excavators, and other equipment in batches from 2010, participating in the construction of key domestic and international projects such as the Harbin-Dalian Line and the Hungary-Serbia Railway.