18^th April 2018, Ambassador Mr. Mahmoud Aboud invited by Hairong Group Chairman Pan Liang visited Hairong Group Headquarter and attend the banquet.

Mr. Mahmoud Aboud is Hairong (Sri Lanka)’s MD’s old friend, he has been in China as the ambassador for over 7 years, he is very familiar with Chinese culture and custom.

The Chairman explained the current situation of Hairong Group to the Ambassador. Hairong Group has committed itself to global infrastructure, energy, tourism, real estate, mining and the other fields. Now there are undergoing projects in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Salvador and the other countries. 40 years after the initiation of the Open and Reform policy in China, there are many leading companies in China. Since the slow-down economic development speed in China, it encourages Chinese companies focus on the overseas market, especially the SMEs, they tend to band together and walk out. Hairong Group is a platform for those companies, we provide a global resources, capital, technology platform, promote bilateral and multilateral economic cooperation and development.

The Chairman Pan Liang said, now Hairong Group intended to launch a passenger vessel tourism project in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka welcomed 2 million tourists from all around the world, among them 300 thousand are Chinese travelers. The passenger vessel will attract more Chinese travelers come to Sri Lanka for holiday. It will promote Sri Lanka tourism development and upgrade.

Mr. Mahmoud Aboud highly praised Mr. Pan Liang’s proposal. He expressed that there are lot of investment opportunities in Africa also. The Belt and Road Initiative will bring Africa & China Cooperative Development an unprecedented opportunity, he sincerely welcome Hairong Group come to Africa to investigate. He will provide all the information and support within his power.

At the end of the meeting, Mr. Mahmoud Aboud expressed his gratitude to Mr. Pan Liang, thanked him for his invitation and dinner. He also said that according to the Chinese saying, “meeting is fate”, wish their friendship cordial and firm, and welcome the Chairman to Comoros, take a cruise ship visit Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar etc… Also he wish China and Comoros’s future collaborative development achieve reciprocal result.

The Chairman Pan Liang also expressed his sincere gratitude to Mr. Mahmoud Aboud, and gave him a Hairong Group customized traditional jade handicraft as a gift.

18^th April 2018, Chairman of Hairong Group Mr. Pan Liang with his team visited the Sri Lankan Embassy in China, met the Ambassador Dr. Kodituwakku.

The Ambassador warmly welcomed Hairong’s Chairman and his delegation. The Chairman expressed his gratitude to the Ambassador for arranging this meeting. Mr. Pan handed over a proposal and a group profile to the Hon. Ambassador. He also further articulated that Hairong Group commits itself to integrating global resources, building global resources, capital and technology platform, and promoting the economic development of the developing countries. Currently Sri Lanka is the investment priority in South Asian region, Hairong has established wide relationship with Sri Lankan government higher officials and departments. It’s a great honor to meet the Hon. Ambassador, to promote the bilateral interaction and collaboration of the companies between the two countries, Hairong is planning to organize a high-level business summit to coincide with the Sri Lankan President’s national visit to China. This summit is also a response to the President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative. As a main sponsor and organizer, Hairong is looking forward to the endorsement from Sri Lankan Embassy in China, and the permission to hold this summit in the Embassy. This summit will attract great attention of the media of the two countries and highlight the significant of the President Sirisena’s visit to China by the power of internet and mainstream media. Also, it will publicize the sponsor companies and organizations, enhance their popularity and influence both in China and Sri Lanka and promote business collaboration. The China Federation of Industrial Economics and its member enterprises are the main participants of the summit. The goal of this summit is very significant to the Sri Lanka’s economic development.

The Ambassador was thrilled about the Chairman’s proposal, he promised to give his full support to this summit. He will speak with the Business Development about this and officially response to this proposal.

The Ambassador also concerned about Hairong’s current investments in Sri Lanka. When he was informed that Hairong is undertaking some major projects like: Lanka Mineral Sand PPP Project, Sri Lankan Airline PPP Project etc, he expressed his willingness to communicate with Sri Lankan parties and to offer his support to Hairong.

At the end of the meeting, the Chairman gave a Hairong customized Chinese traditional jade handicraft to the Ambassador, explained the auspicious meaning of the gift. The Chairman and the Ambassador took an acoustic photo to memorize this historical moment.