Recently, CITIC Construction was awarded the AAA enterprise credit grade in the field of overseas complete engineering, the highest certificate of enterprise credit grade in the 2020 credit grade evaluation for import and export of machinery and electronic enterprises. The grade evaluation was co-organized by China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electrical Products (CCCME) and China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation. CITIC Construction has been awarded AAA credit grade in this sector for the ninth consecutive year.
Tao Yang, President of CITIC Construction, met with a delegation led by Luis María Kreckler, the newly-appointed Argentine Ambassador to China, at the headquarters of the CITIC Construction on the afternoon of November 24, 2020. Both sides had in-depth and friendly exchanges on speeding up the projects related to river dredging, social housing and rail transit.
Yuri Senko, the newly appointed Belarusian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to China, visited the Belarusian Agro-industrial complex project undertaken by CITIC Construction on November 24, 2020. This is the first major project the ambassador has visited since he was appointed by Belarusian PresidentAlexander Lukashenko on November 19.
On August 31, 2020, CITIC Construction's apartment project in Phuket Island of Thailand was successfully completed. CITIC International Co., Ltd (Thailand) and the proprietor CISSA and subcontractor D-TOPS jointly signed the project handover document. In O On August 31, 2020, CITIC Construction's apartment project in Phuket Island of Thailand was successfully completed. CITIC International Co., Ltd (Thailand) and the proprietor CISSA and subcontractor D-TOPS jointly signed the project handover document. In October 2020, the proprietor issued a performance certificate.
At the invitation of China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products (CCCME), Piao Bo, Vice President of CITIC Construction, attended the cooperation and exchange meeting with ambassadors to China on the afternoon of July 30, 2020. The attendances were ambassadors to China from ten countries including Brazil, Uruguay, the United Arab Emirates, Portugal and Algeria as well as representatives from 14 major CCCME member companies.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony for Angola’s Geological Institute of Angola (IGEO) undertaken by CITIC Construction was held on July 3, 2020. Angolan President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço cut the ribbon for the project.
Piao Bo, Vice President of CITIC Construction, met with visiting Gustavo Sabino Vaca Narvaja, Argentina’s new Special Representative for Trade Promotion and Investment in China, at CITIC Construction’s headquarters on the morning of July 1, 2020.
Recently, CITIC Construction (UK) Limited has been awarded the certificate of the UK’s Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme (CHAS).
CITIC Construction, Israel’s Pitango Venture Capital (Pitango), CITIC Industrial Investment and Xinjin Investment Holding Limited (hereinafter referred to as "XJ Holding") held a signing ceremony via video link on May 21, 2020. The strategic cooperation agreement inked by the four parties focuses on cooperation in high-tech, medical technology and agricultural industries. Guests attending the ceremony were Chen Xiaojia, Chairman of CITIC Construction; Zhang Jian, Vice Chairman of CITIC Industrial Investment; Chemi Peres, Managing General Partner of Pitango; and Hu Bin, Executive Director of XJ Holding.
The novel coronavirus pneumonia which broke out all of a sudden at the beginning of 2020 has drawn the attention of all Chinese as well as people in other countries. On February 8th, Africa Division of CITIC Construction and the teachers and students of the CITIC Centennial (Angola) Vocational School made a video clip together, aiming to cheer China and Wuhan up with the song "Let the world be filled with love".
