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NZCBIA annual general meeting concludes successfully

On 5 September, the New Zealand Chinese Building Industry Association held its annual general meeting (AGM) at its clubrooms, with many members attending.

Secretary-General Dylan Huang chaired the meeting. President Frank Xu began by reviewing the association's work over the past year, then presented its strategic plan for the coming year.

Vice-President and Treasurer Sean Pan reported on the association's accounts for 20182019 and outlined its financial systems. He stressed that board members held themselves to strict standards and upheld the association's non-profit status, with the president, vice-presidents, board chair, secretary-general and all board members continuing to serve the association and the industry without remuneration.

Finally, during the election to fill a board vacancy, Guo Jingxu, Australia and New Zealand regional director of Beijing Construction Engineering International and a director of its New Zealand limited company, was unanimously elected to the board.

Since joining Beijing Construction Engineering Group in 1989, Guo Jingxu has worked in overseas construction. In 2015, headquarters commissioned him to establish Beijing Construction Engineering International New Zealand Limited to develop the New Zealand and Australian construction markets.

Founded in 1953, Beijing Construction Engineering Group is a large state-owned construction enterprise based in Beijing, with a history spanning more than 60 years. Beijing Construction Engineering International, which oversees the group's overseas operations, currently has 30 branches worldwide. Its main activities include overseas project investment, development and construction, while also actively promoting exports of Chinese materials and equipment and the deployment of Chinese workers overseas.

It has consistently ranked among the world's 225 largest international contractors since 1993.

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Chinese building materials trade delegation visits New Zealand

On 30 September, a Chinese building materials trade delegation led by Qin Zhanxue, president of the China Building Materials Circulation Association, visited New Zealand. Dylan Huang, secretary-general of the New Zealand Chinese Building Industry Association, welcomed the delegation on the association's behalf.

A meeting between Chinese and New Zealand construction industry representatives was held at Archiland's Auckland architectural practice. Both sides held in-depth discussions on ambitions to bring Chinese building materials to Australia and New Zealand, and on market entry and use in New Zealand. Topics included potential cooperation, New Zealand's building materials import and export trade and project requirements, laws and regulations, and building materials standards and requirements.

The New Zealand Chinese Building Industry Association will work with the China Building Materials Circulation Association and the Pacific Research Centre on research comparing Chinese and New Zealand building materials standards.

Chinese delegation members attending included former Tianjin deputy mayor Wang Shuzu; Niu Li, executive director of the Pacific Research Centre at Beijing Foreign Studies University; Wang Wenzhan, chairman of Henan Qiangnai New Materials Co., Ltd; Su Leyuan, general manager of Shanxi Qiantong New Energy Development Group Co., Ltd; Li Guohui, deputy general manager of Beijing Qianyuan Risheng International Trading Co., Ltd; Su Ye, general manager of Zhongjing Liye Integrated Housing (Tianjin) Co., Ltd; and Huang Xiaoyi, manager of Shenzhen Kesu Granite Jade Co., Ltd.

Association member representatives included Hu Haibo, chairman of board member company Longchamp Construction Group; Victor Lam, director of Babage building consultancy; Anson Tan, a representative of building materials supplier PlaceMakers; and Eugene Wu, general manager of JR Group.