The chairman and president of Jianlong Group, Zhang Zhixiang, led a team to visit the Agricultural Bank of China.

On December 24th, Zhang Zhixiang, chairman and president of Jianlong Group, led a team to visit the Agricultural Bank of China and had in-depth discussions with Wang Zhiheng, party secretary, vice chairman, and president of the Agricultural Bank of China, on the future development of the steel industry and the direction of future cooperation between the two parties. Wang Zhiheng highly praised the outstanding achievements of Jianlong Group in recent years. He pointed out that the Agricultural Bank of China has fully implemented the "three rural" inclusive, green finance, and digital operation strategies, accelerated the transformation of business operations, consolidated and enhanced comprehensive competitive strength, and better served national strategies. From the perspective of the 15th Five-Year Plan of the country, the traditional industry is a competitive industry that cannot be ignored. Jianlong Group, through years of high-quality development, has become a leading enterprise in the steel industry with rich business operating scenarios that highly coincide with the development strategy of the Agricultural Bank of China. Regarding future cooperation, he stated that relying on the deep cooperation foundation between the two parties, precise matching of common development needs, and further deepening comprehensive cooperation. On one hand, fully leverage the market advantages of rural banks in inclusive finance, combine Jianlong Group's rich application scenarios and digitization capabilities, and continue to increase the cooperation in supply chain finance; on the other hand, focus on cross-border RMB settlement as the core entry point, closely follow the policy orientation of RMB internationalization, and focus on expanding the scale of international business cooperation. In addition, for high-quality projects encouraged by policies, focus on supporting them through a special "one project, one discussion" promotion model, while steadily increasing the proportion of medium and long-term loans through methods such as refinancing of fixed asset loans and loan replacement. Working hand in hand, both parties will jointly elevate cooperation to new heights.