On 10 April, Chen Xuehua, Chairman of the Group, visited Zimbabwe Prospect Lithium Company to inspect and guide the Arcadia Lithium Project. Fang Qixue, Senior Vice President of the Group, and the key person in charge of each segment of the project accompanied the visit and attended the meeting.

On 12 April, the London Metal Exchange (LME) issued an official announcement that the "HUAYOUgx" brand electrolytic nickel produced by Guangxi Huayou New Material Co., a subsidiary of the Group, has obtained the brand registration of LME, and can be freely delivered in more than 100 warehouses of LME around the world from now on, which marks that the electrolytic nickel produced by the company has once again gained the recognition of the international authoritative institutions, and gained the passport to enter the international market. This is another symbolic achievement after the successful registration of "HUAYOU" brand electrolytic nickel produced by Quzhou Huayou Cobalt New Material Co. It also means that under the strong combination of Quzhou base and Yulin base, and with the support of dual brands of HUAYOU and HUAYOUgx, the Group's electrolytic nickel output ranks among the top five in the world.

On 7 April, a conference on foreign-related rule of law in Zhejiang Province was held in Hangzhou. Leaders from the Ministry of Justice of the Central Government, leaders from the Provincial Party Committee and provincial government, vice mayors and deputy secretaries from the provincial Department of Justice and cities in the province, vice presidents of foreign-related commercial courts and representatives of arbitrators attended the conference. As the only enterprise, Huayou was invited to participate in the conference. Fang Qixue, Vice Chairman and Senior Vice President of Huayou, participated in the conference and shared the company's legal practice and experience of "going abroad" for many years.

On 3 April, Chen Xuehua, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Group, went to Huafei Nickel & Cobalt (Indonesia) Co., Ltd. for inspection and guidance, and convened an forum in the park to know the project construction, production and operation situation.

On March 5, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, president of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), took part in the deliberat

On 26th March, the certification ceremony of power battery recycling products for new energy vehicles was held in Tianjin.