On September 3, Liu Hongwei, Party Secretary and Chairman of the Company, held talks with Deng Baohui, Party Secretary and Executive Director of Dongmeng Company of CCCC Second Highway Engineering, and the two sides held a discussion and exchange on further deepening business cooperation. Liu Shiqiang, Chief Accountant of the Company; Tan Haoyu, Deputy Party Secretary and General Manager of Dongmeng Company; Chen Jingbo, Deputy Party Secretary, Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission and Chairman of the Labor Union; and Chen Hua, Chief Engineer, attended the discussion.

Liu Hongwei expressed gratitude to Dongmeng Company for its long-standing support of Xizhu and introduced Xizhu's transformation and upgrading as well as its business layout. He stated that Dongmeng Company, as a core enterprise under CCCC Second Highway Engineering, has achieved remarkable results in the construction of major projects such as highways, bridges and tunnels, and possesses rich project operation experience, a sound market reputation and core brands. He expressed the hope that the two sides will strengthen cooperation in areas such as smart temporary facilities for projects, procurement and operation and maintenance of tunnel equipment, processing and fabrication of steel formwork and steel structures, and integrated safety and environmental protection implementation plans, so as to combine their strengths, complement each other's advantages, jointly build key projects with high quality, and write a new chapter of win-win cooperation.

Deng Baohui extended a warm welcome to Liu Hongwei and his delegation and introduced Dongmeng Company's core strengths and recent development. He stated that Xizhu, as one of the core enterprises in the Group's equipment manufacturing segment, has a long history and has accumulated profound strength in its main machinery and equipment business, as well as rich experience in extended and new businesses, with strong development potential. He expressed the hope that the two sides will further strengthen all-round exchanges, expand multi-field, multi-channel and multi-model cooperation in project temporary construction facilities, pavement maintenance, and procurement and maintenance of equipment and facilities, enhance the sharing of market information, generate fruitful cooperation outcomes, and jointly push the high-quality development of both sides to a new level.

Heads of relevant departments and units from both sides attended the discussion.