On the morning of November 27, the Jingzhou Municipal People's Government and China Co-Op Group Co., Ltd. entered into an agreement on strategic cooperation and cold chain investment, planning to strengthen cooperation in eight fields, including modern agricultural circulation, the intensive processing of agricultural products, e-commerce, renewable energy recycling and the comprehensive improvement of human settlements. Hou Shunli, Party Secretary and Chairman of China Co-Op Group and Wu Jin, Secretary of the CPC Jingzhou Municipal Committee attended the signing ceremony. Zhou Zhihong, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Jingzhou Municipal Committee and Mayor of the Jingzhou Municipal People's Government, hosted the ceremony.
At the signing ceremony, on behalf of the CPC Jingzhou Municipal Committee and the Jingzhou Municipal People's Government, Wu extended heartfelt thanks to the All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives and China Co-Op Group for their permanent attention and support. China Co-Op Group, which has carried out all-round, deep-level and wide-range strategic cooperation with Jingzhou to build an agricultural product distribution center in central China, establish a modern agricultural circulation system, promote the upgrading of agricultural product processing and improve the social agricultural service system, will surely promote the high-quality development of Jingzhou.
With the signing ceremony as a new starting point, the CPC Jingzhou Municipal Committee and the Jingzhou Municipal People's Government will provide all-round, all-weather and full-process services for the development of China Co-Op Group in Jingzhou whenever requested, to ensure relevant projects are started and completed, go into production and reaches their designed capacities as early as possible, Wu said.
On behalf of the All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives and China Co-Op Group, Hou expressed gratitude to the CPC Jingzhou Municipal Committee and the Jingzhou Municipal People's Government for their permanent support. There is a solid foundation for cooperation between Jingzhou and China Co-Op Group, he said, hoping the two sides would further deepen cooperation, explore a new win-win model and share new development opportunities, so as to open a new page for government-enterprise cooperation. China Co-Op Group will go all out to strengthen coordination with Jingzhou and support its subsidiaries in investing in Jingzhou, so as to contribute to the economic and social development of Jingzhou.
Present were Kang Yuguo, President of China Co-Op Group; Li Shuibin, Member of the Standing Committee, Director of the Organization Department and Director of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Jingzhou Municipal Committee; Deng Yingjun, Vice Mayor of the Jingzhou Municipal People's Government; Hu Chenghong, Secretary General of the Jingzhou Municipal People's Government.
At the ceremony, Deng signed a strategic cooperation agreement and a cold chain project investment agreement with Luo Deqiang, Vice President of China Co-Op Group and Hu Wei, General Manager of China Co-Op Cold Chain and Logistics Co., Ltd. respectively.
As a wholly-owned subsidiary of the All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives, as well as a major enterprise under the federation that invigorates rural circulation, serves agriculture, rural areas and farmers, and leads the development of all cooperative enterprises, China Co-Op Group plays a vital role in the systems of social agricultural service and modern rural circulation.