OREANDA-NEWS. June 08, 2011. To push forward the establishment of customer oriented marketing system,  recently,  He Wenbo, General Manager of Baosteel Group Co., Ltd., and Wang Jing, Deputy General Manager of Baosteel Co., Ltd.,   went to Guangdong recently to visit  two customers,  the Guangzhou Automobile  Passenger Vehicle Company and Midea Group to  listen to the opinions from users so as to further enhance bilateral strategic cooperation, reported the press-centre of Baosteel.

The Passenger Vehicle Company under Guangzhou Automobile  Group is a sole funded sub-company under Guangzhou Automobile  Group Co., Ltd set up in July 2008, which is capable of producing 100 thousands of  complete vehicles  and 100 thousands of engines annually. It will  reach the scale of 400 thousands of complete vehicles and 450 thousands of engine  in stages  in succession. Chuanqi is the   automobile of Class B, the first product of Guangzhou Automobile with own brand since  putting into operation in August 2010.  To have cooperated actively with  R & D work  of Chuan Qi since 2008,  Baosteel has been confirmed as the most powerful steel supplier  for  passenger vehicles.

He Wenbo and the others  attended the test drive activities with interest  for model of Chuan Qi, and had the friendly exchanges with Zhang Fang You, Chairman of Guangzhou Automobile Group, Zeng Qinghong, General Manager, Deputy General Manager Wu Sung and Huang Xiangdong.  Zhang Fang You said  that during the cooperation for more than three years, Baosteel has provided  Guangzhou Automobile Passenger Vehicle with great support,   and  good results have been  achieved.  He Wenbo expressed thanks to the support given by  Guangzhou Automobile to Baosteel. He said Baosteel attaches great importance to product development  in automobile steel products, hoping two sides work closely.  Baosteel will try its best to meet the needs of Guangzhou Automobile especially in respect of the own product brands.

The two sides also signed the Framework Agreement on Strategic Cooperation between Guangzhou Automobile Group and Baosteel and The  Agreement of Technical Cooperation on Steel  between Guangzhou Automobile Passenger Vehicle and Baosteel.
 
Midea Group is one of the largest  base for  production of  domestic  appliances  and  the base for export. Midea Group has realized sales income of 115 billion yuan, of which export reaches  5.08 billion U.S. dollars, ranking the  sixth among the country's most valuable brand in 2010.

Headed by He Wenbo, the group visited  Midea Exhibition located in Midea new headquarter building in Shunde and had a detailed discussion  with He Xiang Jian,  chairman of   Group, Cai Qi Wu, CEO of Midea Mechanical & Electrical Group, Zhou Xiang Yang, President of  Weiling Business Division under Midea, Fu Yong Jun, vice president of  Meizhi  Business Division under Midea. He Xiang Jian extended  welcome to the visit by He Wenbo and the group and expressed the thanks to Baosteel for the  help in the development of Midea.  He said since signing  of the strategic cooperation agreement in 2009, the using of  steel material from Baosteel has gradually covered  to each respects.  During the discussion,  He Wenbo presented the situation of development of Baosteel, and expressed that Baosteel could meet the demands of Midea Group. He said Baosteel attached importance to cooperation with Midea and Baosteel would extend the experience in cooperation with automobile products user to  the cooperation with Midea.

He Wenbo hopes to enhance the cooperation with Midea in environment protection and in using of high strength steel, raising the share of use of Baosteel 's green products.

Then ,  two sides held a ceremony for  release  of the manual of steel for  Baosteel - Midea  home appliance,  He Wenbo and He Xiang Jian together issued the letter of appointment to Hao Xi Guang from Southern Company Baosteel  International  as  a Major  Customer Manager of  Midea  Group. Wang Jing and Cai Qi Wu, on behalf of each side respectively, inaugurated for  Joint Silicon Laboratory.