Acting Prime Minister and First Deputy Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan and His Delegation Visit Huaxin YKC Company

On December 7, Artyom Novikov (А), acting Prime Minister and First Deputy Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, visited China New Kyrgyzstan Southern Cement Co., Ltd. (YKC) to learn about the company's operation under the epidemic. The company is encouraged to actively resume normal production and make greater contributions to the economic development of Kyrgyzstan. Around 11:00

am, acting Prime Minister Artyom Novikov and a group of 15 people, accompanied by General Manager of YKC Teng Jianhua and other management personnel, visited the raw mill site and the central control room in turn. General Manager Teng Jianhua explained the cement production process and the production process adopted by Huaxin to Prime Minister Novikov in detail. Acting Prime Minister Novikov expressed his appreciation to Huaxin for investing a large amount of money and advanced technology in the renovation and resumption of operation of the factory.

Subsequently, Novikov and his delegation entered the conference room to further communicate with the YKC management team to understand the company's business situation and difficulties under the impact of the epidemic. At the meeting, General Manager Teng Jianhua, on behalf of YKC Company, briefly introduced the production and operation of the company since Huaxin took over YKC Company, and reported the current difficulties in logistics, customs clearance, cement export, mining rights and personnel entry. Acting Premier said that he would integrate resources from all over the country, make every effort to help YKC coordinate and solve difficulties, help the company resume normal production as soon as possible, and appoint relevant personnel on the spot to follow up.

At the meeting, acting Prime Minister Novikov also told the local media and the management team of Huaxin in Kyrgyzstan that Kyrgyzstan welcomes high-quality foreign investors like Huaxin to invest in Kyrgyzstan, and the Kyrgyz government will strive to create a good investment environment and build confidence for foreign investors to invest in Kyrgyzstan. In the future, it is also hoped that Huaxin will accelerate its development in Kyrgyzstan and inject new and strong strength into Kyrgyzstan's building materials industry and economic development.

It is understood that Huaxin Kyrgyzstan Southern Cement Co., Ltd. was originally a subsidiary of a large Kazakh enterprise, which was officially taken over by Huaxin in December 2019, and is the fourth overseas factory officially operated by Huaxin. The annual cement clinker production capacity of the company is about 1 million tons . At present, there are more than 520 employees in China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and other countries, and the annual tax payment is about 500 million som. At the same time, the company also brought Huaxin's concept of "building a factory for the benefit of one side of the people" to Kyrgyzstan, actively devoted itself to charity and public welfare, and carried out a lot of work in consoling poor villagers, rescuing disaster-stricken areas and donating funds to schools, which won unanimous praise from the government and local residents.