Mao Weiming, deputy secretary of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and governor of the People's Government of Hunan Province, met in Changsha with Dr. Andrew Forrest, founder and executive chairman of the Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) in Australia, and his entourage on March 23, 2023.

On March 23, Governor Mao met with FMG president Andrew Forrest. (Photo/Liu Shangwen, Hunan Daily)

Hunan Vice Governor Zhou Haibing and Secretary General Qu Hai attended.

FMG is the world's fourth largest iron ore producer. Hunan Iron and Steel Group took a stake in FMG Group in 2009, and the two sides launched in-depth cooperation in the fields of iron ore purchase and sales, technical research and product promotion, and steel deep processing.

The meeting. (Photo/Liu Shangwen, Hunan Daily)

Governor Mao welcomed the guests and briefed them on Hunan's development. He noted that Hunan has deep historical and cultural foundations, obvious geographical advantages, a complete industrial system, and strong scientific and technological strength. In recent years, Hunan has given top priority to high-quality development; made full use of the resources in domestic and international markets; and stepped up opening up. It has established economic and trade partnerships with 227 countries and regions and Hunan-based enterprises have entered markets in 109 countries and regions.

Hunan and FMG share a high degree of compatibility and complementarity in the development of green energy, he said, adding that the two sides may continue to open up new areas on the basis of the existing cooperation, promote in-depth collabration in the green hydrogen equipment industry, and accelerate "going global" of Hunan equipment enterprises and "bringing in" of Australian hydrogen energy resources.

Dr. Forrest remarked that Hunan has a good foundation and advantages in the field of new energy equipment. FMG is now transforming into a green renewable energy and resource company, and urgently need to build a system-integrated advanced equipment manufacturing supply chain. He expected the two sides to strengthen cooperation in improving the entire clean energy industrial chain and jointly building a clean energy equipment industrial park, to achieve mutual benefits and win-win results.

This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Yu Jiangjiang

Chinese source: hunan.gov.cn