On July 8, 2025, the strategic cooperation signing ceremony between Lingong Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Lingong Heavy Machinery") and Center International Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Center Group") was held at the Jinan factory of Lingong Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. Yu Mengsheng, Chairman of Lingong Heavy Machinery, Zhi Kaiyin, Chief Strategy Officer, Liu Aisen, Chairman of Center Group, Wen Lin, Chairman of Guoneng Hutong, and other guests attended the signing ceremony, where representatives of both parties signed the strategic cooperation agreement.

On the day of signing, the two parties held a symposium. Yu Mengsheng extended a warm welcome to Liu Aisen and his delegation, and introduced the corporate culture of Lingong Heavy Machinery. Lingong Heavy Machinery is currently an industry-leading manufacturer of mining machinery and aerial work machinery, focusing on businesses such as mining extraction equipment and aerial work machinery, with sales covering more than 100 countries and regions including China, Europe, the United States, Japan and South Korea, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and Africa, and possesses strong capabilities in equipment R&D, manufacturing, sales, and operations.

Founded in 2001, Center Group focuses on the field of building metal enclosure systems and was listed on the main board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2016 (stock code: 603098). It is a professional company listed on the main board providing building metal enclosure system solutions. It has been recognized as a National High-Tech Enterprise, one of the Top 100 Private Enterprises in Beijing, and one of Beijing's first batch of national-level "Hidden Champion" enterprises. Its cumulative project track record exceeds 3,800 projects, with a cumulative building area of 230 million square meters, and it has repeatedly won industry awards such as the "Luban Prize" and the "Jinyu Award."

According to the strategic cooperation agreement, the two parties will connect the "mining equipment + building-integrated photovoltaics" industrial chain; respond to the national "dual carbon" strategy by providing mining areas with a closed-loop solution of "new energy transportation + clean energy power generation + smart charging," accelerating the green upgrade of overseas and domestic coal/metal mining areas and creating new incremental markets; and achieve deep mutually beneficial cooperation in core business scenarios such as green mine construction: based on the coal zero-carbon park demonstration project built by Center Group and Guoneng Hutong, combined with Lingong Heavy Machinery's technical solutions, the three parties will jointly create a benchmark integrated photovoltaic-storage-charging demonstration project, demonstrate the feasibility and superiority of the solutions through actual cases, promote the large-scale application and value creation of the solutions, and accelerate the construction of a green transport capacity system. In the future, both parties will also leverage their respective advantages to carry out comprehensive cooperation in aerial work machinery. At the same time, with Lingong Heavy Machinery's strength in vehicle operation and maintenance and engineering operations, the production safety and efficiency improvement of mines can be guaranteed. This is a cooperation that combines strengths and complements advantages.

Li Liangang and Fang Liyou, Vice Presidents of Lingong Heavy Machinery, Wang Yinshu and Lu Liqiang, Assistant Presidents, Lu Ming, Deputy General Manager of the Mining Machinery Key Account Department, Gao Wei, Vice President of Center Group, Zhao Yuan, Chief Financial Officer of Guoneng Hutong, Lu Xinghui, General Manager of the New Energy Business Division of Center Group, and Li Mingshi, General Manager of the Shandong Branch of Center Group, attended the day's event.