To mark the fifth National Poverty Relief Day, which fell on October 17 this year, CECEP Chairman Liu Dashan headed a team on an inspection tour to Fuchuan, in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and Songxian, in Henan Province, from October 15 to 19. In these two poverty-stricken counties which receive pairing assistance from CECEP, the team investigated the use of funds and the implementation of aid projects, acquired information about local industrial development, and conducted in-depth exchange with local county government officials.

During the work conference on promoting the construction of Zhejiang’s Great Bay Area, an economic and industrial belt centered around Hangzhou Bay, held on July 30, CECEP signed a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement with the People’s Government of Zhejiang Province, aiming at the goal of “building a world-class great bay that is green, modern, smart, harmonious and beautiful.”

On January 29, CECEP Deputy CEO Yu Honghui headed a team to Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, to inspect poverty relief work. He asserted that CECEP takes poverty relief as a significant mission that must be fulfilled with sincerity and passion. CECEP is committed to performing its social responsibility as a central SOE and propelling poverty alleviation through industrial development and project construction, aiming to lift every poor person in Fuchuan County out of poverty by 2020, he added.

On January 25, the “China Social Responsibility 100 Forum & Release of Blue Book of Corporate Social Responsibility for Central Enterprises (2017),” sponsored by China CSR 100 Forum under the guidance of the Comprehensive Bureau of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) affiliated to the State Council and the Corporate Social Responsibility Research Center under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, took place in Beijing. More than 200 guests from government departments, academia, enterprises and mainstream media outlets attended the event. CECEP Deputy CEO Yu Honghui delivered a speech at the forum.