On February 25, 2025, Ainiwal Suleiman, the Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor of Aksu City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and his delegation visited ZPEC’s Shanghai Lingang Base Headquarters. A consensus was reached with ZPEC Chairman Li Chundi and other ZPEC leaders on further deepening government-enterprise cooperation, accelerating the construction progress of engineering projects, and expanding new areas of cooperation.

Fan Botao, the Deputy Mayor and Member of the Standing Committee of the Aksu Municipal Party Committee, Yao Guicheng, the Senior Vice President of ZPEC, and personnel from both the company and the local government attended the symposium. A special report from the Engineering Construction Department on the construction of projects, such as the Ground Construction Project of the Kekeya Oilfield in Wensu, Xinjiang Province, was given.

Chairman Li Chundi extended a warm welcome to Ainiwal Suleiman and his party, pointing out that more than 200 of the more than 500 oil wells in the ZPEC Wensu Block are located in Aksu City. During the exploration and production of the oil field, ZPEC has received strong support from the Aksu Municipal Party Committee, Municipal Government, and various departments, for which he expressed deep gratitude. He introduced the Company's current good development situation and strategic layout. He stated that he would increase investment in Aksu City to build the ZPEC Kekeya Oilfield’s Ground Construction Project, the Tarim Pipeline Interconnection Project, and other projects in order to promote its own business while striving to make greater contributions for local social and economic development.

Ainiwar Suleiman pointed out that Aksu City is one of the economic and cultural centers of southern Xinjiang with good location advantages, while being deeply integrated into and participating in the national "Belt and Road Initiative”. He highly praised the outstanding performance of ZPEC in the efficient development of the Aksu Oilfield. He expressed his hopes that the company would increase its investment in Aksu City’s oil and gas exploration and production, energy storage business, and continue to explore new cooperation models. He said that the government would further optimize the business environment, provide policy support and service guarantees for enterprises, ensure that ZPEC engineering projects are completed and put into production as quickly as possible, and work together to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.

After the meeting, Ainiwar Suleiman and his delegation visited the Base’s equipment production workshop and assembly yard where they congratulated the company on its achievements in the field of high-end petroleum equipment manufacturing. (Group Headquarters Text/Zhang Jianyue Photo/Qu Qilei)