Vice Minister Wang Min attended PDAC Conference 2012 in Canada
Source: Office of CHINA MINING Citation: Office of CHINA MINING Date: Mar. 6, 2012
PDAC Annual Conference 2012 and the 80th Canada Mining Conference & Exhibition was held on March 4-7, 2012 in Metro Toronto Convention Center. Chinese Government’s delegation led by Vice Minister Wang Min of the Ministry of Land and Resources attended it. During the conference, Mr. Wang made an important speech in Mining Investment Forum and also met the leaders from Natural Resources Canada, Energy & Resources Saskatchewan as well as Geology Survey Bureau of Saskatchewan, and the two sides had talks on the cooperation in mining field. In addition, CHINA MINING Promotion Cocktail Party was held in PDAC, with more than 200 participants. PDAC conference is an internationally authoritative mining conference with the largest scale organized by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada. It has been successfully held for 79 times in succession since it was held first in 1932. PDAC annual conference is mainly composed of three parts, namely, Technical Sessions, Trade Show, and Investor Exchange. It is understood that more than 27,000 people from over 100 countries attended the PDAC annual conference this time, with more than 1,000 booths. A special booth of the Ministry of Land and Resources was set in trade exhibition area. The booth with China Red as dominant hue was very attractive, where Chinese Government’s mining policies and new results in geologic survey were shown in picture, text, video and other manners, and also brochures of CHINA MINING 2012 were distributed to invite relevant personnel, mining investment companies, mining trade companies, and government representatives in mining from different places around the world to participate the 14th CHINA MINING held in Tianjin Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center from November 3 to 6, 2012. The Administrative Office of Organizing Committee of CHINA MINING Congress and Expo (CHINA MINING) appointed a 6 members’ delegation led by Ji Sizhen to introduce CHINA MINING2012 in PDAC annual conference, and a good promotion effect was obtained. At the same time,, about 200 people including those from China Mining Association and corporate representatives attended this grand PDAC annual conference. The participants expressed in succession that they hoped to attend CHINA MINING through which they could establish contact and cooperation with China’s colleagues, and also they showed great expectations for performance of China mining in the international market.
CHINA MINING Congress and Expo 2011 attracted over 5000 delegates, exhibitors and visitors from 55 countries and regions, increasing by over 650 people as compared to the last session. There were 382 domestic and foreign exhibitors, increasing by 38% as compared to the last year. The exhibition area amounted to 25000 square meters, more than doubling that of the previous session, with 1,050 standard booths, increasing by 65% compared to the previous session. There were a total of 23 forums and 7 projects shows held with 425 promotion and negotiation projects introduced by the congress, increasing by 32.8% as compared to last year. At the project signing ceremony, 55 projects were signed, amounting to RMB15.7 billion, increasing by RMB 4 billion and by 34% as compared to the previous year. More than 40 foreign VIPs including 23 mining ministers and vice ministers as well as ambassadors in China from 18 countries and regions such as Australia, Canada, South Africa, Angola, etc. attended this session of the congress. Meanwhile, the congress attracted more than 100 medias and over 200 journalists from home and abroad to cover the congress. In terms of number of delegates and scale of exhibitors and booths, the CM2011 all topped the previous sessions, ranking the world’s premier mining congress and expo..
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