On January 16, 2023, Gao Yi, Secretary of Quzhou Municipal Party Committee led the Delegation of Quzhou Municipal Party Committee and Quzhou Municipal Government to Huayou Headquarters to carry out the activity of "Providing Service and Solving Problems for Enterprises through Visit and Investigation" and understand the production and operation of the enterprises in detail, so as to solve difficult problems for the enterprises, stabilize their confidence, boost their energy, and integrate their efforts to ensure them enjoy an auspicious start in this year. The symposium was attended by Xu Zhangyan, Deputy Secretary of Quzhou Municipal Party Committee and Mayor of Quzhou City, Fang Jianzhong, Chairman of the Quzhou Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Zhou Xiangjun, Member of the Standing Committee of Quzhou Municipal Committee and Executive Vice Mayor, Huang Kongsen, Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of Quzhou Municipal People's Congress, Pan Xiaohui, Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of Quzhou Municipal People's Congress and Secretary of the CPC Changshan County Committee, Zheng Hejiang, Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of Quzhou Municipal People's Congress and Secretary of Quzhou Municipal Party Committee, and Fang Shizhong, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Quzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone and Director of Quzhou Municipal Management Committee. Chen Xuehua, Chairman of Huayou Group, warmly received them.

Gao Yi congratulated Huayou Cobalt on its outstanding achievements in the past 20 years after its establishment, highly praised the development vigor of Huayou Quzhou Industrial Park in the past 10 years after its construction, and extended his congratulations to Chairman Chen Xuehua on his election as deputy to the 14th National People's Congress. Gao Yi said that in the past year, driven by the support of leading enterprises of industrial chain such as Huayou, Quzhou achieved rapid economic development. The more Quzhou city focuses on the strategy of "Booming a City by Developing the Industry", the more confident it will be. The year 2023 is the first year to fully implement the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress and the decisive year for the cooperation between the government and enterprises to promote high-quality development. Time and tide wait for no man. Both sides should seize the momentum and advance at full speed. In order to fulfill key tasks, both parties need to anchor goals and make continuous breakthroughs, and key departments should fulfill their responsibilities, provide active services, make an inventory of things and handle matters one by one, and implement closed-loop management. We hope that Huayou will speed up the progress of production and project construction in accordance with the established goals and tasks, and work together to build Huayou Quzhou Industrial Park into a world-leading and world-class advanced manufacturing base for new energy lithium battery materials. Quzhou Municipal Party Committee and Quzhou Municipal Government will continue to support Huayou and always work with Huayou to create a better tomorrow.

Xu Zhangyan thanked Huayou Cobalt for its trust and support in Quzhou City. She said that in the past decade, Quzhou Government and Huayou had worked together in the same direction. The two sides have reached a high consensus that Huayou's success is the success of Quzhou City. In the new year, Quzhou City will continue to provide active service, treat Huayou's business as our own, further improve policy-based supply and service-based supply, and work together with Huayou to create a better future.

"The development of Huayou Quzhou Industrial Park results from Quzhou's economic and social development as well as Quzhou's industrial prosperity and strength." Chairman Chen Xuehua thanked Quzhou Municipal Party Committee, Quzhou Municipal Government and all sectors of society for their long-term concern and strong support for Huayou's cause. Chairman Chen Xuehua also said that the year 2022 is the tenth year for Huayou to develop in Quzhou City. After ten years of mutual trust and cooperation, Huayou Quzhou Industrial Park has become a model of win-win cooperation between government and enterprises. The year 2023 is the first year after Huayou has ranked in the list of the top 500 private enterprises in China. Therefore, Huayou will continue to maintain the spirit of "constantly striving to become stronger and pursuing excellence", go all out to promote the construction of relevant projects of Huayou Quzhou Industrial Park, stay pioneering and strive for excellence, improve quality and advance in rankings, and jointly build it into the main engine of a great industrial city with Quzhou Government. Deeply rooted in and constructing Quzhou City, Huayou will be the builder of a marginal central city by the four provinces, the builder of Quzhou Common Prosperity Demonstration Zone, and the builder of Quzhou social and economic development, and make Huayou’s contributions to Quzhou.

Before the symposium, Chairman Chen Xuehua accompanied Gao Yi, Secretary of Quzhou Municipal Party Committee and Xu Zhangyan, Mayor of Quzhou City to visit the Huayou Exhibition Hall and the front-line research and development site of the New Energy Research Institute, and had a deep understanding of Huayou's development history, industrial layout, technological process, application fields and technological breakthroughs.