thyssenkrupp CEO makes his first visit to China
Miguel López, CEO of thyssenkrupp, started visiting China on August 13th. It's his first visit to China within 100 days after appointed as CEO of thyssenkrupp. Upon arriving in China, López met with leaders of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC), during which he learned about China's development direction and policies, and had constructive talks with the government, Chinese customers and partners around green and sustainable development.
Driving green development with China
On the morning of August 14, Cong Liang, Vice Chairman of NDRC, and leaders of relevant departments welcomed Miguel López and the delegation. Cong Liang shared the current macroeconomic situation in China, emphasized the country’s status and prospects of green development, and shared successful green transformation cases of domestic enterprises. In addition, he also reiterated China's determination to further expand its opening-up and encouraged foreign enterprises to increase their investment in China.
López said: "thyssenkrupp is committed to promoting green transformation and has world-leading technologies in a number of areas, including wind power, green hydrogen, chemicals, cement, and automotive industry. We look forward to further promoting the development of these businesses in China, deepening our local cooperation, and achieving win-win with the local economy, as well as contributing more to sustainable development.”
In the afternoon, Zhang Yuzhuo, Chairman of SASAC, together with the chairmen of four SOEs - China Energy, Sinopec, China Datang and Ansteel, as well as the leaders of relevant departments of SASAC, met with López and the delegation. Zhang Yuzhuo introduced two key tasks of the SOEs, the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, and the development of strategic emerging industries, which both need low-carbon and green transformation. He emphasized that China's door will open wider and wider, and decarbonization and energy transformation particularly needs a strengthened cooperation for joint development.
López said: “In the field of green hydrogen, thyssenkrupp is both one of the largest consumers and a world-leading supplier of large-scale industrialized hydrogen production. I look forward to working with our Chinese partners to promote green transformation along the value chain."
Strengthening cooperation with customers towards dual-carbon goals
During the meeting at SASAC, China Energy, Sinopec and China Datang respectively reached consensus with López on driving the implementation of their MOUs with thyssenkrupp. The working teams will further strengthen communication and close collaboration to form more cooperative outcomes in the future. The Chairman of Ansteel introduced the cooperation with thyssenkrupp in green transformation of steel production and a series of consensus reached.
In addition, on the following morning, López and the delegation were invited to visit the digital Dispatch Command Center of China Energy, where he had further in-depth exchanges with Liu Guoyue, the Chairman of China Energy, and relevant leaders. They expected more cooperation in the areas of wind power, hydrogen production, storage, transportation and use, as well as the green chemical industry in the future.
López said: "I have been to China many times since 1996. Over the years, I have felt China's ever-changing and fast development. During the first days of my trip to China as thyssenkrupp CEO, I had a better understanding of the Chinese market and customers, and I also look forward to strengthening our cooperating with Chinese customers to support them achieve the country’s dual-carbon goals and work for global climate protection together."
As a company with a history of more than 200 years, thyssenkrupp is committed to working with its customers and partners to promote green transformation and sustainable development in a wide range of fields, including green energy, green steel, green cement, green chemicals and intelligent transportation.