OREANDA-NEWS. September 09, 2011. Ma Zehua, President and Executive Director of COSCO Group, spoke on behalf of the central State-owned Enterprises ("SOEs") at the Second Earnest Talk Meeting on Collaborations between the City of Tianjin and the central SOEs. With a theme of "Joining hands with Tianjin and promoting Binhai Area to seek shared future", the Meeting, aimed at promoting and strengthening collaborative relations between the City of Tianjin and the central SOEs, was co-organized by the Municipal People's Government of Tianjin and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission ("SASAC"). The meeting also focused on facilitating the opening up of Tianjin's Binhai Economic Area and sustaining coordinative developments of the regional economy, reported the press-centre of COSCO Group.   

A highly informative presentation on the status of economic and social developments of Tianjin was given by Mayor Huang Xingguo at the Meeting, before Zhang Gaoli, Secretary of CPC Tianjin Committee, and Wang Yong, Chairman of SASAC, addressed the Meeting. 

In his remark at the Meeting, Ma Zehua briefed the audience about COSCO's efforts and experience of promoting local economic and social developments of Tianjin by deepening its friendly cooperation with the City. He also expressed COSCO's willingness of actively expanding the all around strategic partnership with Tianjin on the principle of win-win. 

The Meeting, chaired by Deputy Mayor of Tianjin Yang Dongliang, was also attended by SASAC Vice-chairman Huang Danhua and other senior representatives from SASAC, the City of Tianjin. Five of the over 100 top executives from central SOEs spoke at the Meeting.