Delegates from Shanxi Province in the People’s Republic of China will visit Charleston to sign a series of agreements with members of West Virginia’s business, government and educational communities. The signing ceremony will take place 9 a.m. Thursday, June 18, in the Great Hall of the West Virginia Culture Center in Charleston.
The documents include a Friendship Agreement between the Shanxi Province and the state; a Memorandum of Understanding that promotes educational and academic exchanges among higher education institutions in West Virginia and Shanxi Province; and an equipment purchase and business collaboration agreement between West Virginia’s Petitto Engineering and Shanxi Province’s Datong Mining Group.
West Virginia participants will include:
- Keith Burdette, cabinet secretary for the West Virginia Department of Commerce
- Dr. Qingyun Sun, Associate Director, U.S. China Energy Center, West Virginia University
- Dr. Paul Hill, chancellor, West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
- James L Petitto, president, Petitto Mine Equipment Co.
The Chinese participants will include:
- Zhang Wendong, director-general, Shanxi Provincial Education Department
- Yin Jie, staff member, Shanxi Provincial Education Department
- Guo Ming, chairman and CEO, Shanxi International Energy Group
- Cao Yang, board member, Shanxi International Energy Group
- Ren Xiaotong, senior vice president, Shanxi International Energy Group
- Zefu Ye, project manager, Shanxi International Energy Group
- Guo Jingang, president, Datong Coal Mine Group Co. Ltd.
- Zhu Haiyue, director, Electromechanical Management Office
- Zhang Yong, general manager, Foreign Economical Trading Co.
- Yang Fazhang, chairman, Zheneng Majialiang Coal Co. Ltd.
- Li Ying, general manager, Guodian Tongxin Coal Mine Co. Ltd.
- Li Qingan, director, Datong Coal Mine Group Foreign Affairs Office
