Madam Kumba Alice Momoh, Envoy of Sierra Leone Embassy in China, visited Weichai on June 26.Chairman Tan Xuguang met with her in the S&T building of the Industrial Park, holding talks in a cordial and friendly atmosphere and exploring future cooperation.
Tan Xuguang welcomed Madam Kumba Alice Momoh and gave her a brief introduction to the business structure of Weichai. From the introduction, the envoy learnt that Weichai is China's largest engine manufacturer with a total revenue of more than 20 billion dollars last year. One third of Weichai's business is in Shandong province, one third is in other provinces, and another one-third is from abroad. Currently, there are three listed subsidiaries and four stocks under Weichai Group. Shandong Heavy Industry Group, the parent company, is a large state-owned enterprise in Shandong Province. In addition to gen-sets and marine engines, the Group also has other business segments such as commercial vehicles, buses, construction machineries and so on, which shows possibilities of extensive cooperation. Weichai has been developing the international market hard for over a decade, and has established gen-sets business in Sudan, Bangladesh and other countries. Now many countries in Africa have Weichai products. With China's "One Belt and One Road" strategy, Weichai is actively promoting overseas market layout, hoping to have a cordial cooperation with Sierra Leone.
Madam Kumba Alice Momoh thanked Chairman Tan Xuguang for the reception. She said that Weichai's brand and strength amazed her and she welcomed outstanding enterprises such as Weichai to come to Sierra Leone, a developing country with undeveloped industries, to promote industrial progress. She also said that Sierra Leone paid great attentions to environmental protection in the development process, which welcomed Weichai's low-emission products, and hoped that two sides could carry out good cooperation in the future. She also hoped that the relations between the two countries, which was formally established in 1971 and bringing about 44 years of friendly exchanges, could be strengthened through the cooperation with Weichai.