On the afternoon of 21 September 2026 local time, Lyu Yonghong, Secretary of the Party Committee, Director and President of Relian Group, and his delegation visited Mainland Group’s West Africa Regional office in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, where the two sides held a special business discussion. Zhang Liang, Deputy General Manager of Mainland Group and President of its West Africa Region, led the team in receiving the delegation.

Relian Group is a state-controlled subsidiary of Hangzhou Industrial Investment Group, and a leading global bulk commodity industrial service provider in China. The Group has built a “one body, two wings” business model driven by research and based on spot trading, integrating supply chain services and industrial chain extension, covering ferrous metals, energy and chemicals, agricultural products and more. Its business network spans many countries and regions worldwide, and it possesses a strong resource base and industrial service capabilities in bulk commodity trading such as natural rubber.

This exchange further strengthened ties between the two sides and consolidated the foundation for industrial cooperation. Going forward, both sides will continue to strengthen business communication, leverage local resource endowments in Côte d’Ivoire, explore industrial chain synergies and mutually beneficial cooperation, and jointly advance practical China-Africa industrial cooperation.