On February 16th, Mr Marco Tronchetti, President of Italian Pirelli Group and Mr. Gori, president of Pirelli Tire Co., Ltd and other top officers visited Hixih. They investigated and surveyed the operation situation of the joint venture company and the newly constructed projects then discussed the next step to deepen cooperation and expand investment. Secretary of the Jining Municipal Committee, director of Jining Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee Ma Pingchang met with the delegation. Member of the Standing Committee of Jining Municipal Party Committee and secretary-general Liu Chengwen, member of the Municipal Standing Committee of Jining Municipal Party Committee and vice Mayor Zhou Hong, secretary of Yanzhou Municipal Party Committee Zhang Yuhua, Hixih Chairman Niu Yishun, executive director Niu Teng, responsible person of Jining and Yanzhou concerned departments and managements of Hixih attended the meeting.

Ma Pingchang introduced economic and social development situations of Jining and showed sufficient affirmation to the cooperation between Pirelli and Hixih. He points out that, Pirelli was the world famous multinational group with leading technology, products, brand and management; Hixih group was Jining even Shandong's key enterprise with open concept, advanced thinking, strong strength and efficient team, Niu Yishun was the outstanding entrepreneur of Jining, Shandong and even the whole China. The cooperation between Pirelli and Hixih was a mutual benefit deed. In recent years, Hixih group ceaseless free their mind, innovated idea, expanded opening up, cooperated with 3 500-top enterprises, strengthened inner force with the help of outside force, pushed forward rapid development relied on opening up, seek for development with stock right, has realized high–end, high-quality and high-efficient development and formed “Hixih mode”, has become the banner of city's industrial enterprises and a major bright spot of opening up to the outside world. At present, Jining launched a new round of great progress, big construction upsurge, entered the new stage of high breakthrough and span development. They would comprehensively create excellence development environment, with greater strength, better policy and services to support Hixih group’s development. He hoped Pirelli group would seize the favorable opportunity, continuously brought the best technology, the best management and more money to Hixih to seek common development and create more brilliant achievements.

Chairman Niu introduced Hixih’s operation situation and the next development plan. In 2011, faced the complex and changeable international and domestic situation, Hixih group closely around grand target of " building billions of industrial park and hundred years Hixih", adhered to boost enterprise development relying on the construction of large projects, continued to increase investment, expand scale, seek development, push span and has effectively overcome the adverse effect of external economic turmoil, the sales revenue exceeded 22.6 billion RMB. In 2012, Hixih group would continue to adhere to high-end, high-quality and high-efficient development, powerful combination, innovation development, actively implement innovation and talent driven, big project driven strategy, with greater boldness, higher positioning and more effective measures to promote the development of Hixih. Hixih would invest 10billionRMB to 2 projects and introduce 2 top-500 enterprises to offer great driving force for Hixih’s span development. Powerful combination is Hixih's distinctive feature and highlight,