From November 21 to 24, Song Zhiping, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of China National Building Material Group, visited the Tanzania Company of Beixin Group, the Tanzania Company of China Construction Investment and the Tanzania Branch of Sinoma International. Yang Jie, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Group, accompanied the inspection.
& emsp; & emsp; Song Zhiping attended the foundation laying ceremony of the distribution center of Tanzania Company during the inspection of Tanzania Company of Beijing New Group, and met with Wang Ke, Chinese Ambassador to Tanzania, Tanzanian Industry, Trade & & Investment Minister Mwijagai and Dangote Group CEO Raitata jointly laid the foundation stone of the distribution center. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the company's entry into Tanzania. In the past ten years, the company has developed into a supplier of building materials with steel, cement and ceramics as its three main products and great scale effect and influence in Tanzania. The foundation laying ceremony of the distribution center opened a new platform for the Group's development in Tanzania and laid a more solid foundation for the Group's further development in Tanzania.
In his speech, Song Zhiping pointed out that Africa is the historical and natural extension of the Maritime Silk Road, and also an important direction and foothold for the construction of the "the Belt and Road". The Group has been deeply engaged in Tanzania and Africa for many years, supplying a number of cement engineering general contracting projects for Africa, and investing in the construction of building materials industrial parks, logistics distribution centers, building materials and home furnishing supermarket chains, making positive contributions to the economic and social development of Tanzania and Africa. In the future, the Group will rely on its existing advantageous resources and under the guidance of the "the Belt and Road" initiative and the "going global" strategy, accelerate the layout and construction of cluster industries in Tanzania and Africa, provide diversified and high-end products and services for the African people, and jointly build and share with African enterprises and people, so as to make greater contributions to the economic and social development of Africa.
In his speech, Wang Ke warmly congratulated the establishment of Tanzania Distribution Center, fully affirmed the Group's contribution to Tanzania's economic and social development, and expressed his continued support for the Group's development in Tanzania. Mwijagai delivered an ebullient speech, thanking the Group for its efforts in the development of the local cement industry and building materials industry, congratulating the establishment of the distribution center and expressing the Tanzanian government's strong support for the development of Chinese building materials in the local area. In his speech, Laitata described the good cooperative relationship with China Building Materials Group and expressed the hope that the cooperation between the two companies would continue to develop healthily in the future.
During the inspection of China Construction Investment Tanzania Company, Song Zhiping listened carefully to the company's work report on replicating the successful experience of building materials supermarkets in Papua New Guinea to carry out business in Tanzania. He fully affirmed and supported the company's development plan to lay out 100 building materials and home furnishing supermarket chains in Africa in the next five years. Song Zhiping also attended the opening ceremony of the second building materials and home furnishing supermarket chain of China Construction Investment. After the first Builder 'sCenter building materials home supermarket chain opened on May 27, 2017 and achieved smooth operation, the second store officially opened and put into operation. By 2018, Tanzania will complete the laying of the third branch in the city of Tanzania, and plans to complete the laying of the second phase of three branches in the three major cities of Dodoma, Muwanza and Arusha in Tanzania in 2019, opening up the rapid development of the Group's building materials and home furnishing supermarket chain business in Tanzania.
During his visit to Sinoma International Tanzania, Song Zhiping had a detailed understanding of the company's business development locally and throughout Africa, and listened to the company's report on its innovative transformation and its positive attempts to achieve the transformation and development of the group's engineering business in related and diversified fields. He also affirmed and praised the achievements made by Sinoma International Tanzania in the transformation and upgrading of the engineering sector and the cooperation with the group units.
In Sinoma International Tanzania Company, the Group also organized a report and exchange meeting for enterprises in Tanzania. Song Zhiping listened carefully to the work reports of various enterprises on their business status, development planning and Party building, and congratulated and praised the achievements made by various enterprises. Based on the actual situation of the Group's companies in Tanzania, Song Zhiping put forward the following requirements for the future development: firstly, it is necessary to intensify efforts to cultivate the African market and accelerate the layout and industrial development in Africa in combination with the Group's "Six Ones" development strategy; secondly, it is necessary to integrate into the local society and communities, cooperate with local companies, contribute to the development of Africa, and provide quality services to the African people; Third, in the process of "going out", we should strengthen internal communication and interaction, give full play to the advantages of the Group, cooperate with each other and complement each other's advantages to achieve common development in Africa; fourth, we should strengthen the work of overseas Party building, according to the requirements of the Party Committee of SASAC and the Party Committee of the Group, "understand, understand and implement" the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and carry out the Party building in a down-to-earth manner in combination with the actual situation of overseas development.
During his stay in Tanzania, Song Zhiping and his delegation also visited Ambassador Wang Ke at the Chinese Embassy in Tanzania, and the two sides had cordial and in-depth exchanges. Song Zhiping introduced in detail the business development of China Building Materials Group in Tanzania and Africa as a whole, including the cooperation with Dangote Group in the field of engineering, the construction of overseas warehouses, the construction and development of building materials and home furnishing supermarket chains in Builder 'sCenter, and the supply of building materials for large-scale local projects. He said that Tanzania has great potential for future development, and infrastructure, housing and other fields need to be developed, creating good opportunities for enterprises to create cooperation. After listening carefully to Song Zhiping's introduction, Wang Ke fully affirmed the actions of China Building Materials Group in cultivating the local market, introduced the development of Chinese enterprises in Tanzania, analyzed the investment environment of Tanzania in depth and shallowly, and expla ined the functions of the President, Vice President and Prime Minister of the Tanzanian Government for the reference of the Group. It is hoped that China's building materials will actively participate in the construction of the "the Belt and Road" and achieve greater development in Tanzania and even in Africa.
Wei Feng, Assistant General Manager of China Building Materials Group, Song Jiangtao, Deputy Secretary of Discipline Commission, Cai Guobin, Vice President of China Building Materials Co., Ltd., Tao Zheng, General Manager of Beixin Group, Yu Xianfeng, Zhao Yanming, Xiao Yuenan, General Manager of Tanzania Company of Beixin Group, Huang Ping, Vice General Manager of Nanjing Company of China Material International, Shen Weiqiang, Vice General Manager of China Material International. Bao Jiantao, deputy general manager of China Construction Investment, and Chen Qiang, general manager of China Construction Investment Tanzania Company, participated in the inspection activities.