On the morning of April 22 Beijing Time, the China-U.S. High-level Agricultural Dialogue hosted by the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the United States of America, the United States Heartland China Association (USHCA), and the China Agricultural Association for International Exchange (CAAIE) was successfully held in Des Moines, Iowa. Chen Xiaojia, President of CAAIE and Chairman of CITIC Construction delivered welcoming remarks on behalf of CAAIE signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with USHCA.
The Chuxiong-Dali Expressway undertaken by CITIC Construction was officially opened to traffic on March 31, 2022.
On March 14, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics were officially declared closed. In view of CITIC Construction’s contributions to the construction and operation of various venues in the Zhangjiakou competition zone of the Winter Olympics, the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee Zhangjiakou Awards Plaza and the Uniform and Registration Sub-center respectively issued certificates to CITIC Construction. The Zhangjiakou Winter Olympic Village (Winter Paralympic Village) operation team specially sent a letter of thanks for CITIC Construction.
On February 20, 2022, the 16-day Winter Olympic Games came to an end. Since the closed-loop management of the core area of Chongli on January 21, 589 support personnel of Chongli Ice and Snow Town project undertaken by CITIC Construction have adhered to their posts and made selfless dedication, successfully completing the guarantee task for the Winter Olympic Games.
On October 28, 2021, CITIC Construction signed an EPC contract for the first phase of the AI Khairat heavy oil power plant in Iraq, with a contract value of USD 2.85 billion. Chen Xiaojia, Chairman of CITIC Construction, and Mazin Wajih, Chairman of Harlow International, held a meeting via video link in Beijing and Dubai respectively and signed the contract on behalf of both sides. Tao Yang, General Manager of CITIC Construction, attended the signing ceremony. Yang Jianqiang, Deputy President of CITIC Construction presided over the meeting in Belarus.
On the morning of November 6, 2021, the International Convention and Exhibition Center of Chongli Ice and Snow Town obtained the completion acceptance certificate and was handed over to the Office of Winter Olympic Affairs in Zhangjiakou. Representatives from the Housing and Urban Development Bureau in Chongli, the management company of the project, CIECC Engineering Construction Project Management Corporation, the Architectural Design and Research Institute of Harbin Institute of Technology and geological & prospecting institutions participated in this final project check.
On November 5, 2021, CITIC Construction signed an EPC contract for the Phase III of the Belarus Agro-Industrial Complex project, with the total contract amount changed from RMB 3.8 billion to RMB 4.8 billion. Yang Jianqiang, Deputy President of CITIC Construction and Danil Uritsky, General Director of the owner, Belarusian National Biotechnology Corporation, signed the contract on behalf of both sides respectively at the project site.
On October 26, CITIC Construction was recognized as a high and new tech enterprise by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (PRC), and the qualification is valid from 2021 to 2023.
CITIC Construction won the bid for the first and second phases of AI Khairat heavy oil power plant in Iraq on September 29, 2021. Yang Jianqiang, Deputy President of CITIC Construction, held talks with Mazin Wajih, Chairman of Harlow International, in Dubai representative office, and received the letter of acceptance issued by Mazin Wajih. Besides, the two parties signed tahe meeting minute on the following work of the project and agreed to sign a formal EPC contract before the end of October this year. It is estimated that the contract value of each phase of the project is about 2.85 billion U.S. dollars.
On September 3, 2021, CITIC Construction successfully signed the EPC general contract for the Kirkuk oil refinery in Iraq. Chen Xiaojia, Chairman of CITIC Construction, and Jalal Haji Ahmed, Chairman of Iraqi Rania International, signed the contract in Beijing and Dubai respectively via video link.
