Governor Zhou Qiang Visited American Expert of

As the Spring Festival of the Chinese Tiger Year is approaching, on February 11, Governor Zhou Qiang paid a visit to Dr. Nassos, Deputy General Manager of Hunan Valin Iron & Steel Co., Ltd, and extended his best wishes to Dr. Nassos as well as all foreign experts who are working in Hunan.

Dr. Nassos, an American senior management member dispatched to Valin by the foreign shareholder ArcelorMittal, was granted national "Friendship Award" by the State Administration of Foreign Experts of PRC in 2009.

Governor Zhou stated that the cooperation between Valin and ArcelorMittal has been a successful model of multinational mergers and acquisitions in the steel industry, and will also play a positive role in transforming the development mode and adjusting the industrial structure in Hunan.

Dr. Nassos expressed his gratitude to the visit of Governor Zhou. He remarked that at present, Hunan has already successfully brought in a large number of vehicle manufacturers such as Fiat and Guangzhou Automobile Industry Group Co., Ltd. as well as some related supporting industries. The cooperation between the two sides will be thus raised to a higher level.