On 10 November, WeCarbon's founder was invited to visit East Hope Group. The visit aimed to bring young entrepreneurs together to learn from an established benchmark company, combine complementary strengths and explore opportunities for joint, mutually beneficial collaboration.
Opening the meeting, Mr. Zhang Lunda, Chairman and Party Branch Secretary of East Hope Group, warmly welcomed the visitors. A very large multinational private group spanning heavy and chemical industries, agriculture and commercial real estate, and one of the world's major photovoltaic manufacturers in both scale and technology, East Hope Group has always stayed grounded in the real economy and works openly with professional partners in a fair, open and transparent way. He said he hoped that in-depth exchange would build cohesion among ecosystem partners and deliver shared success.
Figure 1: At the meeting
WeCarbon Founder Ms. Remoca Shi spoke on behalf of the outstanding young entrepreneurs of the Sichuan Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. She began with an overview of WeCarbon's development and then held an in-depth exchange on East Hope Group's ESG practice. Ms. Shi said that East Hope Group is not only a veteran and benchmark of the new energy industry, but also sets the pace for the sector with its diversified strategy and remarkable achievements, giving young entrepreneurs an example to follow. She expressed her admiration for Chairman Zhang Lunda and the Group's staff for their spirit of enterprise and diversified growth. WeCarbon hopes to draw on East Hope Group's management experience and corporate culture through this exchange and to grow together with other outstanding young companies.
Figure 2: Ms. Remoca Shi speaks
About East Hope Group
East Hope Group was founded by Mr. Liu Yongxing in 1982 and was among the initial wave of private enterprises in China's reform and opening-up. It has grown into a very large multinational private group spanning heavy and chemical industries (more than ten sectors, including mining, power generation, aluminium, silicon, cement and chemicals), agriculture (animal feed, livestock farming and more) and commercial real estate. Long committed to the new energy industry, East Hope Group is one of the world's major producers of photovoltaic polysilicon, with about 10% of global capacity, and a key enterprise in China's sustainability strategy and energy transition.