On December 18, the celebration conference for the 40th anniversary of reform and opening-up was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi Jinping, President of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission attended the celebration conference and made an important address. General Secretary Xi Jinping looked back the glorious and brilliant course of the 40-year reform and opening-up comprehensively, summarized the great achievements and precious experience learned from the reform and opening-up profoundly, mobilized all the party members and people of all ethnic groups of the country to continue to promote the advancement of reform and opening-up in the new era, and made untiringly struggle for realizing the objective of "Two Centenary Goals" and realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
On December 17, Wang Tongzhou, Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and General Manager of CNMC met Gao Xiangming, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Group) Co., Ltd (hereinafter referred to as TISCO) and his delegation, and both parties reached broad consensus on further reinforcement of pragmatic cooperation, etc.
On December 13, Wang Tongzhou, Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and General Manager of CNML met Ge Honglin, Chairman of Aluminum Corporation of China and his delegation at the headquarters of CNML, and both parties made in-depth exchange of views on solid foundation of friendly relations and cooperation established at early stage, giving complementary advantages further and developing pragmatic cooperation from broader fields, and reached broad consensus and signed the strategic cooperation framework agreement.
On December 10, 2018, the public benefit selection outcome for the "Second Session of Meritorious Enterprises and Individuals of Non-ferrous Metal Industry Implementing Overseas Resource Development Strategy" was published ceremoniously, CNML was awarded with the title of "Meritorious Enterprises", and Xie Kaishou, Executive Director and Vice President of the Company was awarded with the title of "Outstanding Individual".