introduction: [in china's "belt and road" within the framework of strategic development, south hodo actively seizes the opportunity of overseas energy development, constantly emancipates the mind, goes abroad, and expands and extends to a broader overseas market. in this round of competition to seize the market opportunity, south hodo is fast and orderly, and takes the lead in winning the first place in the project of energy source metallurgy special economic zone in south africa.]
in mid and late may, the signing ceremony of the memorandum of understanding for the south african energy metallurgy special economic zone project was held in beijing. cai jie, general manager of south hodo holdings co., ltd., zhou xiangdong, deputy general manager, tang hongxing, saifo zakoud, deputy general director of the ministry of trade and industry of south africa, ning yihai, chairman of the board of directors of south africa energy metallurgy base co., ltd., chairman and general manager of china huadian attended the signing ceremony.
at the signing ceremony, cai jie, general manager of south hodos, expressed great confidence in the south african metallurgical special zone project and made a keynote speech on "the establishment of sihanouk port in the kingdom of cambodia".
subsequently, our company signed a memorandum with south african parties. according to the memorandum, our company plans to carry out collaborative cooperation on thermal power plants and other projects in south africa's energy and metallurgy special zone. this cooperation will promote win-win results and achieve the purpose of coordinated development of economic and environmental benefits.
the next day, the "2018 china south africa investment promotion conference", jointly sponsored by the china development and reform commission and the ministry of trade and industry of south africa and hosted by the bank of china, was successfully held in shanghai. nearly 200 foreign guests and representatives of chinese enterprises from the ministry of foreign affairs and other departments of china, the ministry of trade and industry of south africa, the special economic zone and other foreign parties attended the promotion meeting.
the south hodo delegation was also invited to have in-depth discussions with the deputy minister of trade and industry of south africa and other relevant leaders to understand the relevant experience of investment and operation in south africa. the investment promotion conference is an active exploration by the government departments of south china and south africa to expand investment and capacity cooperation between enterprises and financial institutions of the two countries.
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friends are not far from mountains and seas.
although china and south africa are thousands of miles apart, they have always been countries of friendship. as one of the brics countries, south africa is extremely rich in coking coal, chromium, manganese and silicon resources. among them, limpopo energy metallurgy special economic zone has been specially approved by the south african government to enjoy tax preference, covering an area of 60 square kilometers. the special zone will build 12 million t / a coal washing plant, 3 million kw coal-fired power plant, 3 million t / a coke chemical plant, etc. in addition, it will build administrative service center, living area, logistics area, etc. the south hodo delegation went to the special economic zone of energy and metallurgy in limpopo province, south africa, to further investigate the project in south africa.