From 16 to 21 June, the 2nd Meeting of Sino-Russian Joint Committee on Investment Cooperation was held in St. Petersburg, Russia. NFC attended the meeting as the only representative for Chinese mining industry and Mr. Wang Hongqian delivered speech by this opportunity.
　　
In his speech, Mr. Wang shared his opinions on common issues Chinese enterprises facing during their development in Russian market. Mr. Shuvalov, the first deputy prime minister of Russia, highly apprised his proactive and constructive speech, and said related authorities in Russia will address issues and suggestions Chinese representatives mentioned, working out solutions in a timely manner.

During the meetings, Mr. Wang also met CEO of MBC, vice-chairman of USM Holding (owner of Udokan copper project), president of INTERGEO LLC and its parent company (owner of Ak-Sug polymettalic project), updating progress on project development and exchanging ideas on further promotion.